tbonifie
08-14-2010, 11:36 PM
Thanks to all of you guys on this forum, you've been a great help!
I went out with my daughter the other night and we sent 350 rounds of .45ACP down range with my Glock 21 (LWD barrel). These are 200 grain Lee TL bullets. Every time so far I've shot lead through this barrel, I've spent the next 3 nights soaking it in Hoppes #9 and scrubbing it out due to the immense amount of leading.
This time, after shooting 350 rounds of lead, we shot a magazine of jacketed rounds (as recommended by some here) and packed up to go. I went to clean the barrel tonight for a day of shooting tomorrow and guess what? One swipe of a bore snake and it was squeaky clean. I am shocked!
I think the big difference is after slugging my barrel, I worked on getting just the right amount of crimp with the Lee FCD so a pulled bullet would be 0.451 - 0.452. I'm no longer over-sizing the bullets and I'm also no longer getting big plumes of smoke when they fire.
Thanks for all the help in finding the formula that works for me! Great stuff!
:-)
I went out with my daughter the other night and we sent 350 rounds of .45ACP down range with my Glock 21 (LWD barrel). These are 200 grain Lee TL bullets. Every time so far I've shot lead through this barrel, I've spent the next 3 nights soaking it in Hoppes #9 and scrubbing it out due to the immense amount of leading.
This time, after shooting 350 rounds of lead, we shot a magazine of jacketed rounds (as recommended by some here) and packed up to go. I went to clean the barrel tonight for a day of shooting tomorrow and guess what? One swipe of a bore snake and it was squeaky clean. I am shocked!
I think the big difference is after slugging my barrel, I worked on getting just the right amount of crimp with the Lee FCD so a pulled bullet would be 0.451 - 0.452. I'm no longer over-sizing the bullets and I'm also no longer getting big plumes of smoke when they fire.
Thanks for all the help in finding the formula that works for me! Great stuff!
:-)