How To Clean Leading From A Barrel

Hawkins Youllifeire · 09-26-2010,11:08 AM

09-26-2010,11:08 AM #ane

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Heavily Leaded Barrel, how exercise I clean information technology?

The breech plug is permanently affixed on this .50 cal caplock, and the bore is leaded.
I tried Hoppes #9 for diverse amounts of time, and scrubbed with a patch. No lead.

A .50 cal brush I fear will non come up out, considering the bristles will fold over when being rammed in, and and so cannot exist yanked back out.

Ideas?

Cheers

09-26-2010,09:30 PM #4

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Heavily Leaded Barrel, how do I clean it?

Use the Veral Smith method.Have a one caliber smaller brass brush and wrap it with a slice of Chore Boy copper pad.Most important is to find Chore boy pads that are all copper.Utilise a magnet to test them before purchasing.Ripshod

10-17-2010,11:26 PM #15

Originally Posted past docone31

Both my Hawken in .l, and my Dimmick in .54 had bores that dragged. Slight rust here and at that place in the bores. You could feel it when y'all rammed the patched brawl downwards.
I took the corresponding R.E.A.L., loaded the lube grooves with valve lapping compound, then loaded the round. I fired a few of these.
Smoothen diameter, and no lead. From that indicate, no more leading.
It kept the rifleing sharp, but no more calibration or leading.

I've been watching this thread since it started and I find many of the suggestions very interesting...may even try a couple should the demand always ascend again.
However, in the mean time, I will stick with what docone31 has passed on.
This is i I take tried, when every thing else failed, and it worked like a charm.

Of class "Fire Lapping" is always questioned because of the tendency to over-practice information technology...and
you lot tin can definitely over-do it, if you fire too many rounds with valve grinding chemical compound.
The secret, if such can be said, is having your bore-low-cal handy, and check and re-check oft. Many times you can't see it taking upshot, merely sometimes you tin can....but you tin definitely see the scratches, and yous can definitely see them disappear.
As a side annotation; If you can find a 'blue' seedling for your bore-light, vs yellowish or white, it is supposed to show lead meliorate. Some say it does, some want to fence, but you have to exist the judge.
Personally, the one such low-cal I have used "seemed" to exercise a improve chore of illuminating the lands and grooves....yous accept to be the judge.
Yous can practice pretty much the same thing with a round brawl and thick patch, with the "outside" of the patch lubed with mineral oil and valve grinding compound, but it doesn't do as good a job every bit the proper quotient REAL with the grooves filled,IMO.

Russ

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10-19-2010,06:06 PM #17

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Mercury use is simply similar any other toxicant apply. You have to pay attending. I received a pint jar of the mercury that was used in tank level gauges. Let me tell ya, information technology is the berries for lead removal. You lot just tin't exist a knucklehead when your useing it.
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Everett