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This may be a really dumb question but why would the media be contaminated with lead? The cases are brass, the bullets, (no longer in the cases) were copper jacketed, the primers are - well, I guess I don't what they are made of but I don't think its lead - and the powder residue is what, mostly nitrocellulose if not burned and carbon if burned. And the media is corn-cobs or walnuts or some such organic thing.
Where does the lead come into play? This answer is interesting to me because my next purchase is almost certain to be a vibratory cleaner, probably Hornady's and I had intended to just pick the cases out of the media by hand. Is the media only lead contaminated if you are reloading for pistol and shooting unjacketed cast lead bullets? I am only reloading for rifle now so maybe it would not apply in my case.
Thanks for whatever information you can provide.
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