Lead fouling

[S.B.]

Telecaster, have you considered fire lapping your bore?
Steve

 

[rvolvr]

rvolvr, Amazon has a 16ft roll of Bird B Gone copper mesh for $16.

Stu

To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee, "That's not bulk, THIS is Bulk!

It's like buying powder by the 1-lb can instead of an 8-lb jug.

The way I look at it is when my kids inherit my guns, even THEY won't have to buy any ChoreBoys. Lucky them!

 

[Stroker468]

Unjacketed lead bullets, ugh. I promise to clean the barrel more often! I have lead bullets because they were cheap, but when my 640's accuracy went south I figured it was time to clean it. Waaaay past time. This picture is after about 6 or 7 soakings with bore cleaner. It's soaking overnight now, slowly getting better.

How many rounds did it take to get that bad?

I shoot lead almost exclusively in all calibers. Never had such a problem. But, I do clean my handguns after most every outing...my revolvers especially. As a matter of fact, I run a bore brush with some Ballistol through them, and wipe them down before I leave the firing line. I do occasionally get a slight bit of leading, but a bore brush with the Chore Boy trick takes care of it quickly...if the brass jag and 2 or 3 patches didn't clean it.

 

[Telecaster]

The copper Chore Boy idea posted by Bib is a good one. The only problem is finding a true copper one. Most is copper plated. The copper stuff used to be found everywhere but now it hard to find except at gas station convenience stores near neighborhoods frequented by crack heads. The last one I got it at you had to ask for it because they keep it behind the counter as it tends to walk off.

I can't find them locally so I tried Amazon. I guess the crackheads buy it there too, with the Pyrex tubes

 

[BigBill]

I stopped using plain leadcast bullets with just the ring of bullet lube. I been using moly leadcast bullets. After shooting these I find very little to no leading. But I run a few rounds of jacketed to make sure the bore is clean. I purchased the moly spray can to coat my non coated bullets. I haven't tried it yet.

Do not wash the barrels when using moly. Just dry mop them. Washing the bores after moly removes the moly from the pores of the metal. This is why the moly coated rifle bullets never really caught on. The bore will be a light gray finish but it's clean. I been using moly since 1970. It smooths out rough actions and lessens trigger pull. Eliminates wear, reduces friction, prevents galling, doesn't attract dirt and fights corrosion.

 

[pantannojack]

???

Thank you Mr. Sunshine

I thought there was a rule against personally directed smart aleck answers.

 

[lppd4]

I know shooting a few jacketed bullets out of my 45 ACP gets any moderate amount of lead out every time. Has anyone tried this with revolvers.

Yes curious minds want to know. This is my preferred method in my 1911's

 

[GypsmJim]

The way to deal with heavy leading is prevention......properly sized to match cylinder throats.....using the right choice of alloy and lube for the intended muzzle velocity.


Maybe I'm just living in the past....

enjoy all the benefits of lead bullets.

I'm an oldster too, and I fully admit to living in the past.

When I was a poor college kid and couldn't afford store bought, I bought a box of .38 wadcutters with a reputable brand name. They leaded like I never saw before or since.

My next step was a $9 Lee mold, a Lyman cast boolet handbook and some lead from my Dad's shop. #2 alloy for many years.

Never leaded a barrel since and I cast for several magnum loads. All my rifles (8 different calibers) ALL shoot lead as well. The only difference is with those high velocities I also use gas checks.

If you have to buy finished boolets, be sure they are "hard cast".

 

[Stroker468]

"I know shooting a few jacketed bullets out of my 45 ACP gets any moderate amount of lead out every time. Has anyone tried this with revolvers."

Yes curious minds want to know. This is my preferred method in my 1911's

Yes. Regularly...every range session.