lead in barrel
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Ram48
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and another Thanks for the tip. Now to find the copper pad.
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JIM............
JIM............
I know this is probably an old thread but what a great idea, Ralph. I'm just getting in to casting bullets so I suspect I'm going to be needing this technique.
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Hard cast lubed bullets shot at 900 fps or less seldom lead unless the bore is rough or pitted.
Well, it's been WAY TOO LONG since I cast bullets for me to tell you the makin's for a bullet alloy that will mitigate the barrel cleaning task, but cleaning is easy with this routine---just so long as you don't overlook the most important step--------------DRY THE BORE!!
Ralph Tremaine
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Thanks for bringing this post up again.
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I have always used the Lewis Lead Remover - works the best for me. Follow the LLR up with some Hoppes 9 on a Bronze Brush & then with some Hoppes soaked patches - dry out and you should be nice and clean. Brownell's sells the LLR - get some extra Brass patches too. 
BROWNELLS LEWIS LEAD REMOVER | Brownells
BROWNELLS LEWIS LEAD REMOVER | Brownells
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StrawHat
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The Lewis lead remover was always in my kit also, it still is but since I tried the copper strand around an old bore brush the LLR is used less frequently.
The other thing that helped was matching the diameter of the bullet to the revolver. I cast relatively soft but if the diameter is correct, leading is non existent.
Kevin
Great stuff guys.....(I'm posting here so I can find this again by looking up my old posts the next time I need to really get after a leaded barrel
Don
Good idear.
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This is the best advice I have found in quite a while. Thanks.Great stuff guys.....(I'm posting here so I can find this again by looking up my old posts the next time I need to really get after a leaded barrel
Don
Kevin makes a VERY GOOD POINT!! Leading (or the lack thereof) AND ACCURACY (or the lack thereof) is all about bullets going down a bore.
I started (and finished) handloading a loooooooooooooooong time ago. My objective was to make ammunition that was better than what you could buy at the store. I read all about all the things handloaders are supposed to do---weighing this and that, sorting stuff into lots, and on and on----seemed like the folks writing about all this were getting paid by the word. I was reading all this stuff because I didn't know any of it----hadn't really thought about it. I figured if I just did what the folks who made the machinery said to do, a pretty decent cartridge would pop out at the end. I also figured I was going to run out of patience long before I'd finished doing everything I was being told to do. I didn't have to sit and stare very long before I decided this was all about bullets going down a bore----and what was likely going to make a difference was the size of the bullet vis-a-vis the size of the bore, and what sort of lubricant might turn out to be better. Now I was only going to be loading .38 Specials, and I had only one gun, so the variables were going to be quite manageable. Then, not too long after I got started, I got one of those newfangled Ransom Machine Rests---and found out what worked and what didn't pretty much right now. And not too long after that I decided what had started out seeming to be fun was really a lot like work, or at least took more time than I was inclined to give it----and I stopped doing it.
There are two things to take away from all this chit-chat: It's about bullets going down a bore-----and machine rests don't lie.
Ralph Tremaine
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