Separate clothes for gun range?

[Sydwaiz]

I wash my hands with soap and water when I'm done shooting and before I eat anything. That's about it.

 

[lksdajflk]

That is correct, this is reasonable and good practice for most shooters.

Interesting how it’s dead silence so far from the bravado group of guys on here who were making fun of people who took lead accumulation prevention measures.

It’s funny. I work in healthcare for a living. Generally speaking, and cross-culturally, males are arrogant and dismissive about their physical health and drag their feet to get checked out up until the women in their lives push them to do so.

I recommend DLead products. They offer laundry detergent, hand wipes, hand soaps, and shower gels.

I shoot about 3-5 times a week during the competition season. Guns are cool and all but I do not wish to die from lead poisoning.

theyre afraid of getting banned. They cant have a conversation without making fun of someone.

I saw Dlead laundry detergent today in person, didnt even know it existed.

 

[Deleted member 6005]

That is correct, this is reasonable and good practice for most shooters.

Interesting how it’s dead silence so far from the bravado group of guys on here who were making fun of people who took lead accumulation prevention measures.

It’s funny. I work in healthcare for a living. Generally speaking, and cross-culturally, males are arrogant and dismissive about their physical health and drag their feet to get checked out up until the women in their lives push them to do so.

I recommend DLead products. They offer laundry detergent, hand wipes, hand soaps, and shower gels.

I shoot about 3-5 times a week during the competition season. Guns are cool and all but I do not wish to die from lead poisoning.

See post 80. Not dead silence.

 

[Zeekari]

Lead is not a big problem, unless you are putting you hands in your mouth/eating or picking your nose and rubbing your eyes. As long as you wash your hands you will be fine.

 

[CaptainLevi]

Just wash your hands with good soap and when you get home undress and shower. Also, outdoor ranges are more safer than indoor range for lead exposure and hearing.

 

[packy14]

My lead level got quite high for awhile. I wear different clothes for the range, wash them when I get home and hop in shower. We don’t wear shoes in the house. Cold water when washing hands and face to lower absorption. Dlead soap is great I always have it with me at range.

 

[adrkwan]

My lead level got quite high for awhile. I wear different clothes for the range, wash them when I get home and hop in shower. We don’t wear shoes in the house. Cold water when washing hands and face to lower absorption. Dlead soap is great I always have it with me at range.

Same. I had a 9, mostly from shooting indoors. Swapped to outdoors and its been much better.

 

[lksdajflk]

To sum up:​

General Precautions (Minimum Standards)​

• Immediate Scrub: Wash hands, face, and arms with D-Lead soap or wipes. Scrub for the duration of "Happy Birthday" twice.

• Strict Hygiene: Do not eat, drink, or touch your face until you have washed.

• Home Transition: Shower immediately upon arriving home and place range clothes directly into the washer.

Extra Precautions​

• Range-Only Clothing: Designate specific shoes and clothes to be used only at the range to prevent tracking lead into your home.

• Vehicle Protection: Use a seat cover for the drive home to keep lead dust out of your car's upholstery.

• Outdoor Environment: Opt for outdoor ranges over indoor ones to benefit from natural airflow.

Extreme Precautions​

• Respiratory Protection: Use a respirator or specialized mask while shooting to eliminate the risk of inhaling airborne lead particles.

 

[Hit Factor]

To sum up:​

General Precautions (Minimum Standards)​

• Immediate Scrub: Wash hands, face, and arms with D-Lead soap or wipes. Scrub for the duration of "Happy Birthday" twice.

• Strict Hygiene: Do not eat, drink, or touch your face until you have washed.

• Home Transition: Shower immediately upon arriving home and place range clothes directly into the washer.

Extra Precautions​

• Range-Only Clothing: Designate specific shoes and clothes to be used only at the range to prevent tracking lead into your home.

• Vehicle Protection: Use a seat cover for the drive home to keep lead dust out of your car's upholstery.

• Outdoor Environment: Opt for outdoor ranges over indoor ones to benefit from natural airflow.

Extreme Precautions​

• Respiratory Protection: Use a respirator or specialized mask while shooting to eliminate the risk of inhaling airborne lead particles.

I’d love to see you guys at a match . . .

 

[HarleyLowRiderST]

It would be interesting to see what each of use does based on the amount of shooting we do. I imagine you guys that are competitive shooters or weekly shooters need to do much much more than others. Maybe a response like:

Calif 15-22

• Range time - Once or twice every couple of months
• Rounds fired per visit - 200 +/-
• Avg Range Time - 20-30 minutes
• Post Range Activity - Wash hands at range, clean guns same day upon arriving home.
• Precautions - Laundry and shower end of day.

Yes I am a boomer (63)

 

[lksdajflk]

It would be interesting to see what each of use does based on the amount of shooting we do. I imagine you guys that are competitive shooters or weekly shooters need to do much much more than others. Maybe a response like:

Calif 15-22

• Range time - Once or twice every couple of months
• Rounds fired/visit - 200 +/-
• Avg Range Time - 20-30 minutes
• Post Range Activity - Wash hands at range, clean guns same day upon arriving home.
• Precautions - Laundry and shower end of day.

Yes I am a boomer (63)

Youre a chill boomer. You act your age

 

[phonso302]

I have separate range clothes and shoes. My range clothes have their own laundry bag which I keep closed. I wash my range clothes seperately from other clothes with d-lead detergent.

I use d-lead wipes for my face and arms after shooting, d-lead wipes for my range equipment, a seat cover for the drive home, and shower immediately with d-lead soap.

Finally I use nitrile gloves when clean my guns and wipe down the surface with the same d-lead wipes for my range equipment.

Your name fits you perfectly

 

[AT&T Operator]

Many of you worry way too much about lead exposure.

Listen, I just graduated with a degree in Environmental Studies. Tthe amount of anthropogenic lead in our blood streams has been rising since the mid 1950s, with a sharp spike in the 1970s. The science is settled.

The question we face now is "how do we mitigate the rise of lead exposure in the blood stream?"

An isotope tax?
Lead regulation?
A UN led Latvian Lead Agreement?
Mass education of the public in pop culture and education?

There are plenty of options on the table (tackling the amount of lead in lead products looking the most promising)--but we can't be understating the importance of minimizing the effects of lead exposure on the global stage. It affects all of us.

Lead denialism isn't just bad science--it's dangerous for the future of humanity. And the children.

 

[NATEWA]

No special clothes. I wash my hands before I leave.

Guess you could get a large ziplock clothes bag and go in like……..

 

[Scubabugdiver]

Listen, I just graduated with a degree in Environmental Studies. Tthe amount of anthropogenic lead in our blood streams has been rising since the mid 1950s, with a sharp spike in the 1970s. The science is settled.

With all due respect, how can the science be settled? Your own data shows a spike between 1950 and 1970. How do we know there won’t be another spike or decrease? Science will never settle.

 

[sonofeugene]

Climate Change!

 

[grand-pop-gun]

Also the word “couple” means >1

Actually, the word "couple" means two, as in a nice couple, so never use the word "couple" for a threesome.
Use the word "few" when you mean more than two but not many.

 

[grand-pop-gun]

the amount of anthropogenic lead in our blood streams has been rising since the mid 1950s, with a sharp spike in the 1970s.

Sorry I couldn't find a graph for lead blood levels in adults. Lead in children's blood is more damaging, so it's studied more. It's still pretty indicative of average environmental lead, although it doesn't say anything about absorbing lead at gun ranges.

As I suspected, mean blood lead levels are nothing like they were in the 1950s through the 1970s when I was a kid. I believe the biggest source of lead in blood was due to using leaded gasoline which was phased out in the 1970s. It didn't hurt when they stopped using leaded interior paint either.

Avoiding indoor ranges or taking precautions when you must use them is probably a good idea. I had a conversation a couple decades ago with the manager of the Firing Line in Burbank, and it was his contention that the reason some of his staff showed elevated levels of lead was because they were exposed to it when cleaning up at the target end of the range. There was a fine powder of lead at that end of the range from bullets striking targets and the backstop. I don't know if he was right. I've worried more about shooting cast bullets and breathing primer fumes. Most primers use lead compounds as others have pointed out.

I had my blood lead level checked in 2019. Normal in 2016 was considered to be less than 4 micrograms per deciliter. Mine was under 2, so I haven't worried about it very much since. You guys are making me paranoid again. I've been burning powder since 1961, although not that much till 1976 when I started practicing more regularly.

 

[lksdajflk]

Actually, the word "couple" means two, as in a nice couple, so never use the word "couple" for a threesome.
Use the word "few" when you mean more than two but not many.

Is 2 not greater than 1?

 

[claycrusher]

I only shoot a 12-1400 rounds per year. D-lead wipes and handwashing (pseudo-surgical style) with dish soap (palmolive or dawn) were all I did for many years, until I had a kid. I now own pretty much every d-lead product and have started washing my range clothes separately. I'll probably dedicate some ratty shirts and pants as my range only attire.

The funny thing is my wife is a FM doc and seems much less concerned about lead exposure as I do.