removing lead from the barrel ?
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madmo44mag
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Shooting FMJ
Actually "SweetShooter" is my all around solvent.
The more you use it the less leading you have.
Been using it for years now and I can shoot 45 LRN all day long and with in 4 patches total the barrel looks new.
http://www.tecrolan.com/
Actually "SweetShooter" is my all around solvent.
The more you use it the less leading you have.
Been using it for years now and I can shoot 45 LRN all day long and with in 4 patches total the barrel looks new.
http://www.tecrolan.com/
Same way as rifle barrels:
- Wrap 45 caliber brush with strung-out copper* ChoreBoy from supermarket.
- Wrap enough that it's hard (but still possible) to get it through the barrel.
- Dip assembly in "lead remover" (or any solvent for that matter) and run it through the barrel 2-3 times.
- Wait 5 minutes and do it again, then dry patch out.
You are done.
* (Take magnet to the store to cull out and steel-core "copperized" ChoreBoy)
- Wrap 45 caliber brush with strung-out copper* ChoreBoy from supermarket.
- Wrap enough that it's hard (but still possible) to get it through the barrel.
- Dip assembly in "lead remover" (or any solvent for that matter) and run it through the barrel 2-3 times.
- Wait 5 minutes and do it again, then dry patch out.
You are done.
* (Take magnet to the store to cull out and steel-core "copperized" ChoreBoy)
Semper Paratus
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My combo for a leaded barrel was a wet patch with Kroil through the bore. Another wet patch to clean the slide, receiver, breach face, slide stop recoil spring plug et cetera. Then a worn out bore brush with some bronze choreboy wrapped around it to make a good snug fit...five or six passes back and forth then a clean patch with Kroil then some dry patches. The kroil creeps under the lead and lifts it right off....great stuff. Oh by the way at this point a quick wipe down with a dry cloth and then minute dabs of lubricants on the rails, barrel lugs, bushing lug, bushing area on barrel and slide stop for final reassembly. Then a function test with a wooden pencil, and reload. All told 5-10 minutes if I don't drop something. Best use the Kroil outside or in a well ventilated area....It smells kind of high
chris in va
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I use the Chore Boy method, works very well.
Been using Hoppe's Solvent for years and years and it works great. Run a soaked patch with Hoppe's thru the barrel and let it sit for awhile. Clean the rest of the gun. Come back to the barrel and run a copper brush thru it soaked in Hoppe's.
Next comes the dry patch. May take a few patches depending on how bad the barrel is. When it's clean I run a lightly oiled patch thru the barrel and the inside is good to go.
Next comes the dry patch. May take a few patches depending on how bad the barrel is. When it's clean I run a lightly oiled patch thru the barrel and the inside is good to go.
Bill DeShivs
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A wad of 0000 steel wool works very well.
Best method I ever saw was remove the barrel. plug up the chamber end and fill the barrel with mercury. Let it stand for about 5 minutes and empty the mercury from the barrel. Usuall one or two tight patches that the bore would be squeaky clean with no lead left. 
Naturally these days the EPA would have tgotal hissey fit if they learned you had enough mercury to fill the barrel of a 1911. THey'd have a hazmat team all ovedr you. Too bad because it was the fasterd and most thorough method of removing lead I know. Today I just use a brush wrapped with the Chore boy like what has already been mentioned.
Paul B.
Let it stand for about 5 minutes and empty the mercury from the barrel. Usuall one or two tight patches that the bore would be squeaky clean with no lead left. Naturally these days the EPA would have tgotal hissey fit if they learned you had enough mercury to fill the barrel of a 1911. THey'd have a hazmat team all ovedr you. Too bad because it was the fasterd and most thorough method of removing lead I know. Today I just use a brush wrapped with the Chore boy like what has already been mentioned.Paul B.