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**44 AMP** · March 18, 2024, 01:18 PM

Lead styphnate was used in the priming compound of the early non-corrosive primers. I think most modern makers have moved on to a lead azide compound. No idea if that has the same hazards, or degree of hazard, but I've heard lead azide is also used in the detonator that inflates your car's airbags in the event of sufficient impact.

I'm pretty sure the "ban lead everywhere" crowd knows this, but chooses not to make an issue of it, at this time.

March 18, 2024, 01:18 PM	#31
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,983	Lead styphnate was used in the priming compound of the early non-corrosive primers. I think most modern makers have moved on to a lead azide compound. No idea if that has the same hazards, or degree of hazard, but I've heard lead azide is also used in the detonator that inflates your car's airbags in the event of sufficient impact. I'm pretty sure the "ban lead everywhere" crowd knows this, but chooses not to make an issue of it, at this time. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.