I started casting bullets for my .41 Magnum revolver by melting wheel weights in a lead pot on a Coleman camp stove and pouring the lead alloy from a dipper into an RCBS .41-210-SWC mold. A rap on the ...

Whereever you melt lead—either for assimilating an alloy supply or casting bullets—it must be well-ventilated. Vapors will come off the pot, and breathing them will have adverse health effects.

Hunters and fishers who are trying to save money by lead casting -- casting their own lead bullets and fishing weights -- may not be aware of what it could cost them, said Fort Knox Chief ...