ShooterAZ
04-26-2012, 02:53 PM
Seasoning or whatever you want to call it. I did a search on the forum before posting this, I just wanted to share my findings. I have a Contender in .44Mag that I was getting some leading in. Despite slugging the bore and sizing at least .001 over, this was still an ongoing issue.
Here is what I found. I had been shooting jacketed in between sessions with boolits. I always cleaned the barrel after the j-words, but still continued to get some leading with pb. OK, so I stopped shooting the j-words for a while, and after shooting only my boolits, I just ran a couple of patches of Hoppes #9 and left it in the bore. I would just run a couple of dry patches through right before going shooting again. After a couple of shooting sessions of doing this...no more leading period.
I tried the same thing in my 1903 Springfield and a 91/30 and got the same results. Although I never had much if any leading in this these, the bore sure cleans up a lot easier than before. I think shooting the jacketed bullets were somehow having a negative effect on leading. I also think leaving the Hoppes in there to soak is helping condition the bore. Cleaning is far easier and I don't even need to use a bore brush now.
I just wanted to share my findings...agree or not. This method is working for me. I don't believe leaving the Hoppes in there is doing any harm...I shoot often enough that it doesn't stay in for more than a week or so anyway.
Shooter
Here is what I found. I had been shooting jacketed in between sessions with boolits. I always cleaned the barrel after the j-words, but still continued to get some leading with pb. OK, so I stopped shooting the j-words for a while, and after shooting only my boolits, I just ran a couple of patches of Hoppes #9 and left it in the bore. I would just run a couple of dry patches through right before going shooting again. After a couple of shooting sessions of doing this...no more leading period.
I tried the same thing in my 1903 Springfield and a 91/30 and got the same results. Although I never had much if any leading in this these, the bore sure cleans up a lot easier than before. I think shooting the jacketed bullets were somehow having a negative effect on leading. I also think leaving the Hoppes in there to soak is helping condition the bore. Cleaning is far easier and I don't even need to use a bore brush now.
I just wanted to share my findings...agree or not. This method is working for me. I don't believe leaving the Hoppes in there is doing any harm...I shoot often enough that it doesn't stay in for more than a week or so anyway.
Shooter