gunk in my barrel

[mayo]

hey, so i went to the range about 4 or 5 weeks ago, and was never able to clean the gun afterwards since i got hit by a car and broke my foot.. well now that ive got all this spare time in my house and since it has been so long i decided i needed to give my gun a good cleaning.. so i just spent the last hour and a half cleaning my gun and it seems as if there is some gunk, most likely lead, stuck inside my barrel... i spent the majority of my time trying to get this stuff out.. ive run patches soaked with solvent.. a brush.. i let the barrel soak in some solvent then tried running some dry patches and pretty much everything i could do to get this stuff out of the barrel..

now i got most of it out but there is still some stuck in there.. i just dont know how to clean it out completely.. and was wondering if yall have any suggestions.. and is it necessary to clean it out all the way or is it ok that theres a little something in there...?

thanks for your help,
mayo

 

[Harrison]

Brownells sells what they call a super tough brush. Its bronze bristles, but they are heavier or stiffer. one of those brushes will get lead out of a barrel.

 

[jimmyj]

Hi:
First question: what type is your weapon?
Second question: what type ammo were you using?

 

[w9kcj]

I had the same problem with a new addition. I used a LEAD-CLEAN GUN CLOTH by Pro-shot products. I cut a small patch & ran it through & now clean as a whistle! they are at Pro-Shot Products
Norm

 

[mayo]

Hi:
First question: what type is your weapon?
Second question: what type ammo were you using?

1. model 36 with 2inch barrel
2. remington 158gr Lead Round Nose

 

[stevieboy]

It may not be lead. Are the deposits at the rear of the barrel around the inside of the forcing cone? Are they greyish or silvery? They could be carbon deposits. One of my revolvers, my 625, has a recurring problem with carbon deposit buildup in the forcing cone. I have no idea why this is occuring but it does. Brushing is only moderately successful in removing the gunk. Even brushing after applying a bore cleaner doesn't work really well. I've had success breaking out the deposits by probing them gently with a dental pick. They also seem to come out with repeated swabbing with strips cut from a Brownell's (Lewis) lead removal cloth.

 

[kenjen]

try using a penetrating oil like kroils (you can get it from mid-way) pour some in the barrel and roll it around until you cover the whole thing, let it sit then run a patch on a jag through it. repeat if needed.

 

[GyMac]

I bought some steel wool-type stuff at a gunshop many years ago. You wind it around a bore brush and run it through the barrel. The lead just flakes right out. What was taking multiple passes and a long time with a conventional brush and solvent now took only a couple of minutes. I would NOT use regular steel wool. I think it was called "Big .45" something or other.

 

[Snapping Twig]

Get some copper Chore Boy scrubber pads at your grocery store.

Take some strands off the pad and wrap them around your brass/bronze cleaning brush and using oil, Hoppe's, whatever, scrub out the bore.

Lead and other garbage - GONE!

Works better than a Lewis Deleading Tool, which I own and have used.

This new way is FAR superior.

 

[btruman]

Here's another vote for the copper chore boy wrapped around an old bronze brush. A wet patch with Breakfree run through and let soak for a whle at first may help some..
BT

 

[SleazyRider]

Chore Boy to the rescue! I just finished scrubbing the bore of my new but filthy Mosin Nagent. I shot carburetor cleaner down the bore as I went to town with my Chore Boy. Ain't nothin' like it!