"lead" silent pellet trap

seamaster · Post by **seamaster** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:51 pm

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An Argentinian gentleman Marcello posted this on internet.

He used a stove to bake the lead into a thin 3mm layer of lead, 30 minutes in stove melts the lead. 3mm is enough to stop a 800 FPS pellet.

I am too lazy to clean up my duct seal pellet trap once the center is caked with lead pellet. So I took his idea. I used a micro butane blazer to melt the lead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QjSFg9yOwA

The lead layer is silent. Traps pellet amazingly well.

Anyone tried this before?

Ricardo · Post by **Ricardo** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:52 pm

Just don't do it on the stove or in the oven; in fact, don't do it indoors. Lead does evaporate when melted, and then it deposits itself onto any cooler surface around, contaminating it permanently.

seamaster · Post by **seamaster** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:41 pm

Absolutely, do it on an outdoor kiln or stove, well ventilated.

With a micro torch, pellet melting is like soldering, it melts in seconds and congeal in seconds.

By all means, do it outdoor and hold your breath.

Misny · Post by **Misny** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:58 am

Lead melts around 621.5 degrees F and boils (vaporizes) at 3164 degrees F. When lead is molten, it releases minute amounts of vapors at a progressive rate as temperatures are increased. Harmful levels of lead vaporization are believed to occur at elevated temperatures above 1800 degrees (F). Just keep the area clean and wash hands after using and you will be ok. There is way too much "The sky is falling!" info put out about lead. I like D-Lead products (no connection except as a customer).

zuckerman · Post by **zuckerman** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:34 pm

No safe threshold for lead exposure has been discovered—that is, there is no known amount of lead that is too small to cause the body harm. The main body compartments that store lead are the blood, soft tissues, and bone; the half-life of lead in these tissues is measured in weeks for blood, months for soft tissues, and years for bone.

Misny · Post by **Misny** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 2:47 pm

zuckerman wrote:No safe threshold for lead exposure has been discovered—that is, there is no known amount of lead that is too small to cause the body harm. The main body compartments that store lead are the blood, soft tissues, and bone; the half-life of lead in these tissues is measured in weeks for blood, months for soft tissues, and years for bone.

There is also little evidence to prove that small amounts of lead exposure does any permanent harm to adults. Small children should be kept in as much of a lead-free environment as possible, especially before they can be taught proper hygiene.

luftskytter · Post by **luftskytter** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:23 pm

I've seen another way of making a lead trap:
I found the idea of a lead trap somewhere on the net, posted it on a forum and a buddy came up with this, including pictures:

You need plenty of used lead pellets, an expendable frying pan, and a gas powered camping stove so you can do the job outdoors. The rest is obvious and the lead stays in the pan.

Just let it cook until the lead melts, turn off the heat and wait until it cools :-)