wwillson Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 I shoot cast bullets in my pistols and usually get mild leading, which needs to be cleaned from the barrel. After much experimentation I have found a simple and very effective way to clean lead from the bore. Simply spray penetrating oil/fluid (I use Royal Purple syn) in the bore and let site over night. Then next day simply clamp the barrel in your non-marring vise and run a jag of bronze wool through the barrel a few times. Why bronze wool? Because it's much softer than barrel steel, even stainless. The worst leading I've seen will wipe out in no time.Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steves Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 I do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_in_Utah Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 I use the copper cleaning pads that you find for cleaning cookware. Take a magnet to make sure it IS copper. (some of them are copper colored metal) Use tin snips to cut in half, take a few strands around a jag and out comes the lead. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwillson Posted November 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 Bill,Do you use a brass or plastic jag?Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_in_Utah Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 Brass. A little hoppes 9 (the real stuff before the EPA) and above works well. But I only have a few loads and guns that lead a little. Everything else is pretty clean. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crashbox Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 [sNIP] A little hoppes 9 (the real stuff before the EPA) and above works well. [/sNIP]Bill I have a quart bottle of Hoppe's circa 1988 and it is post-EPA but back then I bought a bottle of nitrobenzene and added a few ounces to the No. 9 to make it the real thing.I wish I knew where I could get a quart of nitrobenzene today for this very purpose. Somewhere in my house I may have the remainder of that original bottle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnewton3 Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 What? RP? Can I use RTS? Oh - wait - it's not a "real" synthetic ...J-U-S-T K-I-D-D-I-N-G! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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