Lead Removal

Personally, I don't have a problem with using home-brew products on a firearm without regard to the cost of the weapon. I spent $30,000 on my truck, but that doesn't mean I have to use the most expensive oil I can find.

I use Ed's Red almost exclusively as a firearms cleaner. It's dirt cheap to make (compared to store-bought) and is as effective as any other I've tried. It doesn't contain ammonia so it won't remove copper fouling so I use a store-bought copper remover for that.

I see no problem using home-brew mixes when properly applied. Sometimes the manufaturers of the name brand stuff are not dumping millions into researching their product and instead are dumping millions into advertising. Just like when Prestone markets the pre-mixed antifreeze as being so convenient to just dump in your radiator. Pure marketing genious. How else could they get away with selling distilled water for $8 a gallon? (It may have come down, I haven't bought antifreeze in a while.)

Other homemade firearms products
 
I have one more quick question do you just wrap a piece of the chore boy around the brush and it will stay on? I guess the bristles hold it if it is a small piece?Just a dumb question I know
Thanks
roc1
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Yes, just cut a small piece and wrap it around an old brush. Dip it in solvent and push it through. It will be tight. Make sure you use the copper choreboy.
 
I've tried a lot of different products that claim to remove lead fouling, and they do after a long cleaning session. I frankly was looking for something that would make the lead easier to remove as my Super black hawk seems to lead up quite a bit. The 50/50 mix is by far hands down the easiest way to remove it that I have found. Nothing to do with trying to save a few bucks, but all about ease.
 
If you want to remove the lead from a gun barrel, use what all the old time shooters used: A Lewis Lead Remover.
It's been made for MANY years, cleans the lead out quickly, and has never harmed an expensive barrel.

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=21587/Product/LEWIS_LEAD_REMOVER

There are very few chemicals that will "remove lead" that aren't so toxic that they will remove YOU. Most of the lead removal chemicals actually creep under the lead between it and the bore and help loosen it. It's faster to simply use mechanical means to pull the lead out, and the Lewis is about the best/safest for the gun.
 
Thanks for the heads up Roc, I used this sollution to remove lead smear from the bottom of a sprue plate with minimum of effort. Thanks to Sport45 for that resource page. Good stuff.
 
Historic note only!:

The old timers used to pour pure mercury into the barrel and cork both ends up. Then they'd gently rock the gun back and forth "wetting" the bore.

The mercury amalgamated with the lead and both were poured out.

Duh, you can't do this today, too dangerous, but it worked. :eek:
 
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