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WildBill wrote:

kragluver wrote:Many people think the biggest risk from bullet casting is lead fumes - this is incorrect although you do need to practice safe lead handling (no smoking, eating or drinking while casting, wash hands, etc.). The biggest risk is severe burn.

Another hint - make sure that all of your lead is completely dry. Adding any materials containing water to the molten lead will cause an explosion of molten lead. Don't ask me how I know this.

A very close friend of mine and I were casting up a batch a long time ago, and he added a couple of wheel weights. At least one was not completely dry, and the explosion shot a drop of lead right behind his watch band. The resulting burn was very ugly, right over his carpal tunnel area on his right wrist and the lead "welded" itself right to the tissue. It was the first time the doctor ever had to remove lead from someone that had been hit by a bullet not yet fired from a gun.