The Army thought a veteran faked his health issues while having lead poisoning

Re:The Army thought a veteran faked his health issues while ... by rdl on Thursday April 04, 2019 @11:06AM (#19573163)

One of the top firearms instructors globally (Massad Ayoob) is utterly paranoid about lead -- he has special range clothes/shoes, changes before getting into his vehicle in the way one would do with hazmat-contaminated clothing, and has the stuff commercially laundered outside his home. I think it's mainly out of concern for children/grandchildren in his home, but it was pretty impressive.

I started keeping lead-removal wipes in all my range bags after this. The number of times I've seen people go through 500-1k rounds at the range in the morning during a class, then eat a sandwich or something without even washing hands, is..a lot.

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Re:The Army thought a veteran faked his health issues while ... by vorpalhex on Thursday April 04, 2019 @12:05PM (#19573933)

I buy the lead-removal wipes in bulk and hand them out like candy. I also notice all the ranges near me keep lead removal soap in the bathrooms.

.22 ammo is the worst in this regard, just lead everywhere - which given that it's usually used in bulk given how cheap it is...

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Re:The Army thought a veteran faked his health issues while ... by rdl on Thursday April 04, 2019 @01:02PM (#19574579)

This stuff, right? https://hygenall.com/shooting-sports/

(I'm pretty much a 9mm shooter (124gr CCI/Speer TMJ Lawman 124gr, or Gold Dots -- or SIG Frangible when I'm at SIG Academy or TR; 5.56 ranging from cheap M193 to M855 to non-penetrator 62gr to 75gr or 77gr TAP or OTM/IMI Razorcore. I also run a fair bit of 12ga. Worst thing I do is a RH X95 bullpup, suppressed, in off-hand drills, which is basically all the exhaust in my face/neck area on every shot.)

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