Best Lead remover

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Just bought a Marlin 1894 Cowboy and its got lead in the bore close to the throat but enough that I want it gone.
I have not shot it yet but they must have at the factory.
I have used everything I have,Butches Bore Shine,Hoppe's,Shooters Choice,M-Pro 7 and wore out a good new bore brush and still some is left.
What are you guys using?
Thanks

[megasupermagnum]

Hoppes #9, wet patch, let it soak. Then a copper bore brush wrapped in copper chore boy. You can get the worst of the worst leading out this way.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I put a brass jag on a cleaning rod, cotton patch and then wrap it with a thin layer of 0000 steel wool (20-30 strands).
I've done the same using one long strand from a copper choreboy scouring pad.

The Choreboy works better for heavily lead-fouling
and
0000 works better for light lead-fouling.

Good luck.

edit: I use Ed's Red on the patch, but any good bore solvent will work.

[Randy C]

I don't know whats best, when shooting i take a tight patch with turpentine, At home I plug the barrel and fill it with Hoppes and let it set over night i shoot BP. brush then patch the next day. Ive used steal wool it works.

[M-Tecs]

https://shop.brownells.com/gun-clean...720249150a3d3d

https://sharpshootr.com/no-lead/
http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/...-really-works/

http://www.big45metalcleaner.com/

[JWFilips]

1/3 pure turps, 1/3 hoppe's #9, 1/3 Kroil

[upnorthwis]

Outers Foul Out. Don't even know if it's made anymore. Have heard some of the chemicals are hard to get.

[tja6435]

The Barnes cleaner is the best I've ever used

[Bazoo]

Bout the easiest and fastest thing I've ever seen or used is a trick accredited to Veral Smith. Take a bore brush and wrap around it a piece of copper / bronze cleaning pad or wool. Cedar brand cleaning stuff has an all copper scrubber that when unrolled looks like a piece of chainmail, I cut a piece about 1 1/2 wide by 4 wide and wrap it around tight. It will remove the worst fouling in just a few minutes. If you can't find an all copper scrubber PM me and I'll send you one.

[Lefty SRH]

Kroil works GREAT for getting lead out of a barrel

[38-72]

Carburetor cleaner and a tight fitting patch.

[sutherpride59]

Honestly a barrel jag with a cotton patch with some copper wool(chore boy or other found at the hardware store) is what I found works quick, fast and in a hurry. Use a little oil, solvent, grease, whatever you want just to make it easier to pull back and forth. Soaking takes too long when all you need is a few passes with copper wool. I wouldn’t take steel anything to my barrel though.

[Walks]

J-B Bore Cleaner. From Brownell's

FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS.

You may have a rough spot in your rifles bbl. You can use J-B & Kroil to polish your bore. That may help eliminate some of the leading you are experiencing.

[sw282]

6 rds of JKTD factory ammo

[Petrol & Powder]

The ammonia based solvents (Hoppes #9, Sweets, etc.) are designed to attack copper fouling and are not terribly effective on lead.

Removing lead is more of a mechanical process and the oil based solvents like Kroil (my favorite) are more useful. Turpentine is also fairly effective.

Combining a mechanical method such as wrapping a patch or jag with copper wool (Chore Boy) with a light oil (Kroil) seems to maximize the effectiveness.

You don't dissolve lead fouling, you scrap it out.

[gwpercle]

0000 a 1/4 inch wide strand steel wool wrapped around a bronze bore brush and any solvent, penetrating oil , bore cleaner , Ed's Red (do a search for the recipe) , J-B Bore Cleaning Paste , kerosene , etc.
The steel wool does the work, the oil or solvent just lubes the bore .

Then there is always the Lewis Lead Remover.... I've always had success with the bore brush , steel wool and J-B Bore cleaner or Ed's Red.
Gary

[rfd]

lotta great suggestions on how to get the lead out.

and after the leading is out, maybe give paper patching a try for a no-leading load.

[rfd]

6 rds of JKTD factory ammo

yep, hickok45's de-leading remedy.

[Toymaker]

To start I'm with JonB and Lefty. The combination of a little fine steel wool and Kroil has worked wonders for me for light leading. I'll stopper/plug the bore and let a little Kroil sit in the barrel overnight first. That lets it seep under the lead and makes removal easier.

I have had a couple of issues with heavy leading where it just wouldn't move. I stoppered/plugged the bore and filled it with mercury. Then stand it in a corner and let is sit a day or two. Obviously this requires more care and caution. You don't want a spill and you need to carefully dispose of the cleaning patches when you're done.

[MostlyLeverGuns]

+1 sw282 a a half-dozen-twenty jacketed bullets clears most leading