REALLY NASTY LEAD DEPOSIT IN BARREL-HELP !!!

[OLDSTER]

I've used all kinds of "cheap" plinker 158gr. LRN over the years, but the PPU stuff I tried recently takes the cake. The lead fouling is so bad, I threw away 2 boxes, now need some advice to help me remove what is, in effect, lead plating in the barrel of my 686 and 15. What is the best stuff to use to remove REALLY bad leading. ?? Old guy needing HELP !!

 

[cowboy4evr]

Oldster , The best I have found is using a piece of " chore boy " . It's a pure copper scouring pad . I would cut a piece about the size of my thumb and wrap it around a old wore out bore brush of 38 / 357 size . Attach it to your rod and " bump " it into the barrel . Just a few minutes of passing it back and forth in the barrel should remove all of it . Before I tried this I used to use Lewis Lead Remover cloth , a piece cut to size . Sometimes it took several patch's . Either method will clean the barrel . Good Luck , Regards Paul

 

[Univibe]

Chore Boy works.

But the stuff in the grocery store is probably steel. What you want is the all-copper Chore Boy. I had to go online and find it.

Wrap some of it around a brush, and do the scrub. The copper Chore Boy won't hurt the steel barrel, but will reduce the lead.

PPU ammo is crud. I had a box of 9mm somebody gave me. Refused to operate my Shield, and a squib stuck in the barrel of a Glock. Avoid eurotrash ammo.

 

[CrankyThunder]

wipe out

I have used aerosol wipe out foam aerosol spray.

I was amazed at the **** that came out of my old rifle that I used it on. follow the directions, it will chemically harm the barrel if left in there too long.

 

[ACORN]

Lewis Lead Remover

 

[glenwolde]

a brass (not plastic) jag tip and a patch cut from a lead remover cloth. It'll be a tight fit but it works. The Lewis Lead Remover works too but is more expensive.

Spear Tip .357/.38-9mm Jag

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[jjfitch]

If you haven't already ditched the ammo, clean the barrel to shiny bright. After really, really clean, shoot some of the suspect ammo, it might just be fine in your gun.

Smiles,

 

[rockquarry]

Try a regular .38 brush in a bore that's already wet with Hoppe's #9 (or anything similar). Get the big, loose stuff out, then wet the bore again and use a slightly oversized brush. Or, as already mentioned, a Lewis Lead Remover or Chore Boy. Lewis Lead Remover works better than the Chore Boy but it also costs quite a bit more, around $25 -$30 from Brownells.

 

[DWalt]

Me, I'd use Mercury. But I have Mercury, most people wouldn't.

 

[chief38]

The Lewis Lead Remover is the ticket! Sold through Brownell's.

 

[jbtrucker]

I feel for you years ago had to clean lead out of a Taurus .38 snub and M&P .22. I couldn't find all copper Chore Boy used some stinking bore cleaner and a few brushes . The snub cleaned up ok and sold it , cleaned the .22 best I could and fired mini mags through it.

 

[Jason Demond]

Lewis Lead Remover

This is the correct answer.

You can dick around with all kinds of cleaners, brushes, and gimmicky products you want. At the end of the day the Lewis is the only tool you need. It has a sizing device that lets you add more pressure to the screen. You don't have to cobble something together with a dish pan scrubber, and you will not even come close to harming your gun.

It will pull the lead from your barrel, clean your forcing cone, and you can use it to clean your cylinder of any crud rings.

 

[heeter3]

Another user of chore boy.In fact I got this tip from somewhere on this forum and it along with a good cleaner has worked the best for me.

 

[Benchrest1]

Still another vote for Chore Boy.

 

[stansdds]

Either use genuine Chore Boy pure copper pot scrubber material wrapped around a bore brush or get a Lewis lead remover. Don't use store brand or off-brand copper pot scrubbers, odds are they are copper plated steel.

 

[OLDSTER]

Thanks guys for the tips. Since I've used most of the ideas effectively over the years, I think I'll try the Lewis Lead Remover. The deposit left by those PPU bullets is the worst I've ever experienced. This may be the wrong forum for this recommendation; stay away from PPU lead bullets. I've used lots of PPU in semi-autos with no issues, but never used this stuff before, and won't again.

 

[RWPBR]

I get the same horrendous leading with the PPU in revolvers.
Oddly enough it doesn't lead my Henry 357 carbine

 

[jjfitch]

Bullet to bore fit??!!

I get the same horrendous leading with the PPU in revolvers.
Oddly enough it doesn't lead my Henry 357 carbine

The source of most "leading" comes from improperly barrel to bore fit.

Being a bullet caster I control bullet diameter for barrel fit. I cast 135 grain NOE LRNFP using 10 BRN lead, soft lube sized to .357 and these get shot in 38 Spl. 9mm and 38 Super! I clean my barrels with a rolled up paper towel.

Smiles,

 

[dfariswheel]

If you own a revolver you should also own a Lewis Lead Remover kit.

Not only does it remove leading, it also cleans carbon and copper fouling off the critical forcing cone.

One of the suspected causes of "K" frame cracked forcing cones was heavy build of copper and carbon on the cone.
The Lewis kit removes that better then anything.

 

[gwpercle]

Lewis Lead Remover

What he said !
Lewis Lead Remover was invented specifically for the purpose of removing lead from a barrel .
If you have a gun prone to lead ...you will never regret buying this gizmo ... works like a New Orleans VooDoo Woman's Black Magic Spell .
Gary