Bullets in the ground
03-16-2003, 08:59 AM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PA
Posts: 9,085
RE: Bullets in the ground
id be very careful...i thought a bullet travling as fast as it does would never ricochet of the soft ground..but my friend was shooting and sure enough one did...nobody got hurt or anything but we quit puting targets around in the yard and just walked our lazy butts 100yds to the range we have with a backstop....just something to think about if there is anything in the distance beyond your target....maybe try finding a hill somewhere and clearing a lane to shot on...the hill will be a good backstop...but if theres nothing in the way the only thing that can hurt is the lead......im not sure what that would do...mabe someone does.....im not sure if lead will hurt the plants or maybe make them poisonus or what...good luck....
03-16-2003, 09:32 AM
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Montgomery AL USA
Posts: 134
RE: Bullets in the ground
I don' t think the lead will be a problem. As far as I know, the Department of Game and Fish only regulates the firing of lead over water (steel shot for ducks). If they thought the lead would harm anything they wouldn' t let us shoot lead at dove and other birds. However, your neighbor would have the legal right to stop you from this activity. It would fall under the catagory of Trespass.
03-16-2003, 02:50 PM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Snyder County PA USA
Posts: 425
RE: Bullets in the ground
we have a little dirt pile behind a piece of (oft replaced) plywood. The dirtpile contains over 10,000 rounds of .22, 2,000 rounds of .44, and 1,200 rounds of .45, along with unknown quantities from various calibers. Do you think that the dirt could be contaminated?!?![>:]
03-16-2003, 03:26 PM
#5
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 28
RE: Bullets in the ground
the lead will only be harmful if the farmer has got some hogs and he lets them into that field. If he does tell the farmer not to let his hogs go over in that area and you better quit shooting there. You probablly dont have to worry about the hill, just add some dirt to it once in a while.
03-16-2003, 05:25 PM
#6
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Morgantown WV USA
Posts: 299
RE: Bullets in the ground
I wonder about the EPA and no lead over water. Think of all the lead sinkers that get lost in the water every year and they never talk about banning lead sinkers. I just think it was an anti gun thing, an attempt to cut back on hunting. But luckily alternative were found to lead, some maybe even better.
03-17-2003, 01:14 AM
#9
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Raleigh NC USA
Posts: 352
RE: Bullets in the ground
With regard to the mound of dirt with 10,000+ rounds in it - yes, it is contaminated. Lead poisoning can be very serious, especially in children. I don' t think you have anything to worry about though. The obvious precautions would be to 1) not let children play on the mound and 2) don' t plant your vegetable garden on it. Other than that I think you should be fine.
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