NCJ Number
84988
Journal
Police Research Bulletin Issue: 38 Dated: (Spring 1982) Pages: 36-41
Date Published
1982
Length
6 pages
Annotation
Reloading a 158 grain lead semi-wadcutter bullet half-jacketed in copper which fully enveloped the base was found to reduce lead pollution on firing ranges to below hazardous levels for the Metropolitan Police (England).
Abstract
The Metropolitan Police training ranges are three 25-meter indoor ranges on which all basic courses and some specialist training is conducted and four outdoor ranges devoted entirely to refresher training. The ranges are covered with a series of sloping roofs to keep the worst of the weather out, with large apertures to the rear to allow a full flow of fresh air. While such a ventilation design worked well in the dry atmosphere of an American range, the damp atmosphere in England trapped the pollution in the smaller, narrower ranges not only on the indoor ranges but the covered outdoor ranges as well. The pollution was only reduced to acceptable levels by introducing the reloading of a 158 grain lead semi-wadcutter bullet, half-jacketed in copper which fully enveloped the base. A Camdex automatic ammunition reloading machine was purchased, and the cost savings forces might consider cooperative use of a single machine. Regular monitoring of the pollution on all ranges shows that the reloaded ammunition maintains the low levels of pollution first recorded. Tabular data and specifications on equipment for reloading are provided.