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Old 01-09-2020, 12:49 AM
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A friend of mine said he cleaned lead from the bore of his 44 Blackhawk by firing a jacketed round through it. I don't think I would do this. Any thoughts out there?
No what happens is you iron the lead into the pores of the steel & never really get it out. Then follow with more lead & any copper in there strips more lead, & so on. Just clean the bore properly. Better still, use proper size bullets & they wont lead.
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