Thread: Help Offered – Range Contamination

Well here we go. I understand that there are a few shooting clubs out there that may be having some issues with their Council over lead contamination. Yes it’s come up a few times recently and is yet another stick that “They” use to beat us the shooting community.

I have been around in the contaminated land field for a fair while and so have decided that maybe I can help out. The best way I can do this is probably offering free advice. So ask away or PM me if you want.

Unfortunately it’s no laughing matter, the Boys Town range was conveniently shut because of it and lead contamination and I fear it won’t be the last.

Shooting range shut over lead concerns - National - NZ Herald News

And here was me thinking you were offering to contaminate some poor buggers land

Sweet, how long will it take you to pick out all the lead mate? You must be a patient bugger

Lead magnet picks it up ok @Gibo

Originally Posted by Gibo

Sweet, how long will it take you to pick out all the lead mate? You must be a patient bugger

You really do miss Systolic don't you @Gibo

Originally Posted by Tommy

And here was me thinking you were offering to contaminate some poor buggers land

That too can be arranged...

Originally Posted by Maca49

Lead magnet picks it up ok @Gibo

Barracudas dont last long enough out of water bugger it

OK so I expected a bit of stick for this one, anyone else?

Modified gold trommal, and recover the lead, melt, recast and reinsert into ground at high velocity?
Helping 2 ways

Originally Posted by Beaker

Modified gold trommal, and recover the lead, melt, recast and reinsert into ground at high velocity?
Helping 2 ways

We are in Business!

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, I return this lead to the earth from whence it came.

Saw a video on YouTube of a guy getting the shovel and screen out and digging through the backstop for the spent projectiles, cleaned them up, melted them down and recast them.

There must be some seriously lead contaminated land in the UK with hundreds of years of lead shot. How serious is the situation in NZ? or is it just a perceived prob. I can understand a little the inside ranges, but thats contained and can be managed and Ive only ever know one person with diagnosed lead poisoning, did shit loads of .22 inside range shooting. I used to eat lead paint off my toys as a baby and always had my mouth full of lead slugs in my teens, made thousands of lead projectiles and my old mate has cast thousands more than me, with yearly tests for lead poisoning and never had a negative result, the doc concluded the tests were as waste of time.
Maybe thats why my arse drags on the ground a bit these days?
Are we just too PC?

Originally Posted by Maca49

There must be some seriously lead contaminated land in the UK with hundreds of years of lead shot. How serious is the situation in NZ? or is it just a perceived prob. I can understand a little the inside ranges, but thats contained and can be managed and Ive only ever know one person with diagnosed lead poisoning, did shit loads of .22 inside range shooting. I used to eat lead paint off my toys as a baby and always had my mouth full of lead slugs in my teens, made thousands of lead projectiles and my old mate has cast thousands more than me, with yearly tests for lead poisoning and never had a negative result, the doc concluded the tests were as waste of time.
Maybe thats why my arse drags on the ground a bit these days?
Are we just too PC?

Most kids chew pencils too, although not many pencils are used these days

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, I return this lead to the earth from whence it came.

We used to have sand traps for easy recovery of the lead with a sieve