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Barrel lead removal question
- Thread starter triker
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You do realize of course that many folks cast, size and lube their own bullets for a variety of reasons, or shoot commercially cast fodder for most of the same reasons. Cost, the ability to tailor a load to a gun, tailor a load to a purpose, fun and enjoyment in making your own, accuracy, etc. I realize there are folks who have little to no experience with cast bullets, but stating "prevention is the answer here" is a bit simplistic to say the least.
By the way "clog the riflings" is incorrect. It is rifling not riflings, and the clogging would be more accurately referred to as fouling.
A proper cast load leaves very little to almost no lead fouling. My Super Blackhawk shoots a hard cast 240 grain SWC at 1,400 fps using a less than max load of 2400 with superb accuracy very very light lead fouling. I will usually run some chore boy after 100 to 150 rounds. Even at that point the accuracy is not effected.
One of the best things you can do regarding shooting lead, is to keep it that way. Clean the barrel of any and all copper fouling and don't switch back and forth. Copper has a greater affinity for lead than steel does, and you will find greater lead fouling in a barrel with prior copper fouling, than you will in the same barrel with no copper traces, all else being equal.
By the way "clog the riflings" is incorrect. It is rifling not riflings, and the clogging would be more accurately referred to as fouling.
A proper cast load leaves very little to almost no lead fouling. My Super Blackhawk shoots a hard cast 240 grain SWC at 1,400 fps using a less than max load of 2400 with superb accuracy very very light lead fouling. I will usually run some chore boy after 100 to 150 rounds. Even at that point the accuracy is not effected.
One of the best things you can do regarding shooting lead, is to keep it that way. Clean the barrel of any and all copper fouling and don't switch back and forth. Copper has a greater affinity for lead than steel does, and you will find greater lead fouling in a barrel with prior copper fouling, than you will in the same barrel with no copper traces, all else being equal.
m&p45acp10+1
New member
Use a magnet to check the copper pot scrubbers. I bought one of the ChoreBoy at a ghetto gas station for about fifty cents. I have used a good bit of it in the past year, though there is still well over half of it left. I checked it with a magnet first. Just pull out a few strands, and wrap them around a cleaning brush. Dip in, or spray with solovent and run it through the bore. It has worked in all the guns I shoot cast lead out of.
Oh and another thing it comes out easier if you clean it while still warm at the range.
Oh and another thing it comes out easier if you clean it while still warm at the range.
I have shot only my own cast-lead bullets in my handguns since I started casting in the early sixties. So, your answer does not relate to my circumstances. Nevertheless, leading has not been a problem with most of the loads I have worked with in many different hand-guns. But when it has, Chore-boy worked good.Prevention is the answer here. Use semi or full jacketed rounds. Don't clog the riflings in the first place. Do clean the barrel regularly to assure buildup does not affect the accuracy.
Edward429451
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Prevention is the answer here. Slug your bores and size your cast lead boolits properly for the gun that they will be shot in. Don't drive them too fast for caliber and 99% of your leading problems will disappear.
I get so little leading that a proper fitting jag and a proper fitting patch takes it all out right quick.
Listen to jhenry and keep the nasty copper out of your gun! You may think you're safe from lead by running copper jacketed once in awhile, but it does make it worse if you normally shoot lead.
I get so little leading that a proper fitting jag and a proper fitting patch takes it all out right quick.
Listen to jhenry and keep the nasty copper out of your gun! You may think you're safe from lead by running copper jacketed once in awhile, but it does make it worse if you normally shoot lead.