Scrubbing a leaded bore

[popper]

shooting a few powder coated boolits Nope.

[Traffer]

Mercury was one of my favorite toys as a kid. Used to just watch it roll around in my hands. Hit it and watch the pieces rejoin into the main mass. All before I knew it would kill you......

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You must be as mad as a hatter.

[Petander]

Mercury was one of my favorite toys as a kid. Used to just watch it roll around in my hands. Hit it and watch the pieces rejoin into the main mass. All before I knew it would kill you......

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My first 22LR Toz,a single shot,came with some explosive russian varmint ammo. There was mercury in the HP:s, causing an explosive effect.

That was early 70's and they were completely legal, I was stupid enough shoot them all.i

[WheelgunConvert]

If you have access to an old copper screen, cut a patch from the copper and push that down the barrel. It does a wonderful job of pulling the lead out of the barrel. You can usually find scraps of lead sticking to it.

Smoking pipe brass screens. Really cheap. Jag+patch+ screen is very similar to the lewis gizmo

[Walter Laich]

Smoking pipe brass screens. Really cheap. Jag+patch+ screen is very similar to the lewis gizmo

found these on Amazon and Walmart
going to give them a try

[Martin Luber]

Another method used: Fire brushing.

Use a cigar lighter, small butane pencil torch or for larger calibers, a propane torch. Run a flame up the bore for 5 seconds then brush, and patch with solvent. Repeat as needed. You can hold bbl in your hand because it doesn't get hot. It's the heat flux (temperature difference) through the lead deposit that breaks it all free. As to why you're getting leading thats another topic. In 22s some bullets brands are undersize, especially high speed. Inadequate lube, rapid rate of fire, etc. Soft alloy isn't an issue in pistols unless velocity is excessive. Regards

[Tripplebeards]

aka choreboy. great stuff

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I was recommended on here choreboy a bought a couple boxes from ace hardware when I first started casting a couple years ago and I’m happy to say I’ve never had to use it thanks to all the helpful members here leading me in the proper ways to slug my bore and size my boolits correctly...along with tumble coating PCing...also learned here...GREAT SITE...and group of guys and gals here!

[sv44]

Smoking pipe brass screens. Really cheap. Jag+patch+ screen is very similar to the lewis gizmo

just tried this on my own (thought i was a genius) but ... this is really a great way to get lead out, easier than the lewis tool in my oppinion since you just pick up the screen and replace it (so unscrewing/screwing)

[flyingmonkey35]

just watch out for copper plated steel pads. at the dollar store and wallmart.


they say copper but its copper plated.

steel will scratch the barrel wich is will you need copper. that will scratch the lead but not the barrel.



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[Burnt Fingers]

just tried this on my own (thought i was a genius) but ... this is really a great way to get lead out, easier than the lewis tool in my oppinion since you just pick up the screen and replace it (so unscrewing/screwing)

Brass pipe screens are da bomb. If you're using thin patches or have an oversize bore, 9mm cough cough, using two patches under the pipe screen can really make a difference.

[Traffer]

The copper (actually bronze) coated steel stuff is what I used to clean a heavily leaded 22lr barrel. Worked like a charm.

[Burnt Fingers]

The copper (actually bronze) coated steel stuff is what I used to clean a heavily leaded 22lr barrel. Worked like a charm.

Ya need to be really careful with .22 lr barrels as most of them are made from some pretty soft steel. Soft as not even on the Rockwall scale.

[Traffer]

Ya need to be really careful with .22 lr barrels as most of them are made from some pretty soft steel. Soft as not even on the Rockwall scale.

Yes, I did it on an old Remington 514 that my brother gave me. He used it for rat shot in the garage for the last 30 years. There was so much lead in it you could not see the rifling. It wasn't until I started to try and clean it that the rifling started showing up. It took so much time to get the lead out I kept getting more and more aggressive with techniques. Ended up with the bronze coated steel pot scrubbers. They worked much much better than anything else. I was curious as to how much bore I scrubbed out with it. I guess I will have to slug the bore now. I figured if I opened up the bore a little I could use the barrel for 22 WMR instead. It shoots well enough for what I do though.

[Traffer]

I just slugged the bore:
Grooves =.2205" Lands= .2170"
The rifling definitely looks fainter than what it would new. But don't know if those numbers are way out of spec?

[Thomas Creek]

Ed's Red will do it if regular cast bullet solvent on hand does not do the job.

[WheelgunConvert]

On topic question, wasn’t using cream of wheat supposed to clean up a lead fouled barrel?