Posted: 3/1/2008 11:39:53 PM EDT
| I've been shooting some Hormady SWC's through my .44mag pistol. This is the first time I have used anything besides jacketed bullets. What is the best way to remove lead deposits form the bore? Thanks |
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I use a product called the Lewis Lead Remover. It's a rod with an expanding rubber plug and bronze screen arraingement. The barell is not the only issue. You also will get build up in the forcing cone. The LLR will take care of both. You'll be suprised as to what comes out of a visually "clean" barell if you've shot a bunch of lead. Hunks of stuff..... www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/Store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=21587 |
| Lead Clean gun cloth, cut into strips and run thru the bore. Will also remove powder residue from the cylinder quickly and easily, too. It also WILL remove bluing as fast as leand and crud, so if your pistol is stainless you won't have a problem. If it's blued you may want to try something else or just be very, very, careful of where you allow the patches to touch. |
+1 Something to be aware of is that if you'll clean the copper fouling out before you fire lead bullets, you won't get as much lead fouling. Also, the Hornady bullets are swaged, and very soft. I personally wouldn't load them in anything other than light .44 special loads. |
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I used to use a Lewis Lead remover. I found these to work better and easier. secure.armorholdings.com/kleen-bore/product213.html 
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| If the lead deposits are heavy it can take hours scrubbing with a bore brush and Hoppes to get it out. The Lewis lead remover, or a less expensive alternative is Choreboy wrapped around a bore brush, can strip it out in minutes. with the nod in speed going to the Lewis tool. Once you're stripped the worse of it out, then go with the lead remover cloth or Shooters Choice. As others have said, once you get the lead out make sure you remove the copper fouling before you shoot more lead. There are several good copper removing solutions on the market, one of my favorites is Sweets. It's also wise to make sure the barrel is broken in before you shoot lead, a new barrel will collect a lot more lead than will a smooth, well broken in barrel. |
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I use Big 45 to de-lead my bores. Using the product is simple; just take a small strand of Big 45 and wrap it around a copper/bronze bore brush, dampen this combo with a bit of your favorite solvent (I use MPro-7 bore gel) and scrub out the bore as you do normally (10-20 passes; down, out, and then back...don't reverse directions until the brush fully emerges from the bore). Follow that up with a clean patch or two (on a tight, bore-fitting jag), then an oily patch, and you should be good-to-go! This inexpensive product really works, and won't harm your bore. |