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Do you have any concerns about your footwear at indoor ranges? Between lead and powder residue, I'm erring on the side of not wearing my normal shoes and using a dedicated old pair that are for yardwork only. Are these concerns overblown? Do you just full send in regular shoes? Do you clean them off after an indoor range session and call it good? Would you use de-leading wipes on shoes? |
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My indoor range has a large sticky pad that you walk across at the doors to the ranges. Anything on the bottom of your shoes will get stuck on the pads. I do not use special shoes - I shoot in whatever I am wearing. Just don't lick your shoes. |
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This place just keeps getting more fucking weird. Is it AI taking over accounts? Is it actual 21yr members suddenly becoming concerned with something like this? I've only shot indoor ranges a handful of times, but the idea never occurred to me that I need to change clothes. Why just the shoes??? |
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I don't shoot enough at indoor ranges for it to matter. If I worked in one, I might be concerned. Also, all my kids are out of the crawling phase, so I don't have to worry about them ingesting lead from crawling around and licking their hands. I also don't wear my shoes in the house. They come off at the front door. If you're worried about lead exposure, one of the members (@chase45 I think?) had one of his kids come up hot on a routine blood lead test, and it turned out it was the root vegetables in the home made baby food they were feeding. Part of his investigation led him to lead test the surfaces of his house, and he was surprised by how little even his bullet casting area popped for lead. That is to say, lead exposure from shooting isn't a big deal unless you're licking the floor of the range or constantly shooting in a cloud of gun smoke. |
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Originally Posted By deuce_22: This place just keeps getting more fucking weird. Is it AI taking over accounts? Is it actual 21yr members suddenly becoming concerned with something like this? I've only shot indoor ranges a handful of times, but the idea never occurred to me that I need to change clothes. Why just the shoes??? A lot of foreigners come to Orlando and go to Shooters World Orlando, I wonder do their shoes set off the sniff machine when going back home and get extra probing  From their web site Shooters World welcomes foreign visitors from all countries to come and enjoy an outstanding firearm experience that will top your bucket list. Bring your passport and your passion – we’ll help create unforgettable memories when you try to get on your departing flight
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Honestly, it never occured to me, but I haven't shot at an indoor range in decades. I do wear an older pair of shoes to the outdoor range I go to weekly, but that is because most the ground is gravel and dusty, especially in dry weather. |
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Do you also strip butt nekkid and change clothes, wash your hair (or shave it off), and shower before leaving the range? Sorry for the snark, but to be serious no that never crossed my mind. The couple of indoor ranges near me that I’ve gone to must have pretty good filtration - I don’t usually notice much gunpowder smell or anything. As others have said - hours per day, every day maybe I’d think about it but you’d probably have elevated lead from breathing it for that long than from shoes or clothing. |
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Originally Posted By ScottsGT: Just wear them to the range the day before you get on a flight for the LOLZ. I was tempted to sprinkle some reloading powder in my bosses floorboard the day before he flew out to Vegas once. Never been an issue |
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Originally Posted By maxima2: My indoor range has a large sticky pad that you walk across at the doors to the ranges. Anything on the bottom of your shoes will get stuck on the pads. I do not use special shoes - I shoot in whatever I am wearing. Just don't lick your shoes. Same, although we also never wear our shoes in our house, because we wear them outside our house. Long ago I was also told to wash up using cold water when exiting the range, so your pores aren't open. Seemed reasonable, so I've done that ever since. |
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Originally Posted By StevenH: Never been an issue Originally Posted By StevenH: Originally Posted By ScottsGT: Just wear them to the range the day before you get on a flight for the LOLZ. I was tempted to sprinkle some reloading powder in my bosses floorboard the day before he flew out to Vegas once. Never been an issue I've been told that propellants don't really get flagged by the detectors. What will generate a false positive on the detectors are things like glycerin based cosmetics and nitrate based fertilizers. Hand lotions with glycerin are one of the common things that cause false positives. |
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If you have yard work shoes, there's no harm in wearing those to the range. That's easy enough. I wouldn't turn this into a huge ordeal. Lead from an indoor range is a meaningful health concern, but it's not like your average parking lot is a clean room floor, either. |
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| Absent any context I find the question weird. If you have small children I'd be more worried about picking them up after a long range session, especially if it was on an indoor range. I'd likely take off my shoes before walking around the house but beyond that I wouldn't worry. |
She seems to be on the range on a weekly, if not a daily basis. I'm sure if there was an issue with shoes, we'd know.  That mp5 slap 👋🏼 #fullauto #pewpew |
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Originally Posted By deuce_22: This place just keeps getting more fucking weird. Is it AI taking over accounts? Is it actual 21yr members suddenly becoming concerned with something like this? I've only shot indoor ranges a handful of times, but the idea never occurred to me that I need to change clothes. Why just the shoes??? Exactly. It's not like you just exited a burning structure or just got done working a Hazmat incident. If you're gonna DECON then fucking DECON like you mean it. |
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Originally Posted By TOTSA: Do you also strip butt nekkid and change clothes, wash your hair (or shave it off), and shower before leaving the range? I usually get to the range and strip before going inside, usually have the place all to myself.  |
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Originally Posted By TOTSA: Do you also strip butt nekkid and change clothes, wash your hair (or shave it off), and shower before leaving the range? Sorry for the snark, but to be serious no that never crossed my mind. The couple of indoor ranges near me that I’ve gone to must have pretty good filtration - I don’t usually notice much gunpowder smell or anything. As others have said - hours per day, every day maybe I’d think about it but you’d probably have elevated lead from breathing it for that long than from shoes or clothing. If you have young children you'd be stupid to pick them up in the clothes you just left the range with, they're much, much more susceptible to brain damage from lead ingestion than adults. You don't need to be extreme about it, but some caution is warranted. |
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Range employees in a marginally maintained indoor range will eventually have elevated blood levels from wearing their work clothes home. There have been studies about this. Shooters? Orders of magnitude less exposure risk. I suppose if you have young kids crawling about and you are an extremely enthusiastic regular indoor range shooter a pair of dedicated range boots would suffice. Or disposable shoe covers. Otherwise? I would just consider it nothing to worry about. |
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No open toed shoes should be a rule. Feet cut or burned from brass sucks. If wearing boots check the treads for stuck brass. I usually wear boots or trail shoes at outdoor ranges because of mud, gravel, and whatnot. I will change for the drive out of comfort and to keep the vehicle clean. |
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