I have shot copper since the original x bullet. Not because of lead poisioning but because they work well. I use the TTSX now in .243 Win, 7mm-08 Rem, .308 Win and .338-06.
You don't have to worry about the lead as long as it is in a solid form. You eat it and it comes out just like it went in.
The only way it gets in your bloodstream is in powder form which is called "oxide" which is ground up lead. It can get in your system then from eating or breathing it. That is supposedly how ducks etc with gizzards get poisioned from injesting the lead shot from the bottom of the ponds.
The local battery plant is one of my customers and I have to be blood tested every three months because of the powdered lead in the air to see what the level in my blood is. You can suck on a fishing weight all day and not get any in your system.
Last edited by duurmeehr; 02/11/12.
