Lawdog Dago Dom Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 According to this article CCI and Fiocchi, are the only ones making lead-free primers. It didn't say which sizes were or were not lead free, so I guess the next step would be to contact them directly. Since some are critical of the age of articles that get posted, you will be relieved to know that this was published on March 19,2023. If you have any questions about primer compounds after reading this, your chemistry knowledge far surpasses mine. https://www.bevfitchett.us/chemical-analysis-of-firearms/priming-compositions.html No info if any of the primer compounds affect Gun Skins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 What I want is primers that always work. Lead, well at my age, who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Wow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tell Sackett SASS 18436 Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 43 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: What I want is primers that always work. Lead, well at my age, who cares. I suggest Federal!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Ridge Regulator Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 If your worried about the components in primers and about your exposure levels just take a few minutes to read the labels on the food you eat and drink every day, that’s REALLY scary ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 No one I have known, nor read about, in this game has ever been contaminated with medically significant amounts of lead. The sky is NOT falling. Oh, and I include Bullet Casters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 27 minutes ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: No one I have known, nor read about, in this game has ever been contaminated with medically significant amounts of lead. The sky is NOT falling. Oh, and I include Bullet Casters. A few years ago a Shooters kid did suffer some serious medical problems from lead exposure at CAS matches. IIRC the avenue of contamination was traced to picking up and handling spent brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 32 minutes ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: No one I have known, nor read about, in this game has ever been contaminated with medically significant amounts of lead. The sky is NOT falling. Oh, and I include Bullet Casters. Hmmm. Kinda explains things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Sedalia Dave said: A few years ago a Shooters kid did suffer some serious medical problems from lead exposure at CAS matches. IIRC the avenue of contamination was traced to picking up and handling spent brass. And then maybe eating lunch without washing? But yeah, lead avoiding is much more important with young people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken George* Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 To answer the original post, a few companies have made lead free primers, but they are not the standard primers that you normally see and I haven't seen them in a while. The packaging made it obvious that they were lead free. They cost more and everyone agreed that they didn't work near as well. That is until Federal came out with their Catalyst primer, a few years back, that are lead free and supposed to work even better than their standard ones. They use them in a lot of their loaded ammo. I contacted them right away asking when they would be available for sale as a reloading component. They told me that they had no plans to sell those primers individually - only in their loaded ammo. This is really frustrating to me. Even as expensive as primers are right now, I'd happily pay a lot more, maybe even double, for lead free primers if good ones were available. Lead exposure from primers is no joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nostrum Damus SASS #110702 Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 CDC says: "The health effects of exposure are more harmful to children less than six years of age because their bodies are still developing and growing rapidly." Last time I checked, no one at our club matches was less than six years of age, though some occasionally behave as such. CDC also says lead exposure can cause "Lower IQ, Decreased ability to pay attention, Underperformance in school." I'm not ever setting foot in any school again, my IQ is decreasing all by itself with no help required, and I'm TRYING to reduce my ability to pay attention to most of the nonsense going on these days. Oh, and VERY HIGH LEAD LEVELS in adult men also decreases sperm count, which would be far from the worst of my health problems at my age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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