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Thread: The Bore Scrubber

  1. 05-11-2008, 11:29 AM #1
    dwtim
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    The Bore Scrubber

    You guys ever run into this?

    I shot a bunch of test loads that left moderate leading in the bore with lead streaks to the muzzle, (an unacceptable amount for only 50 rounds.) So then I ran through another forty or so of one of my favorites: A #358477 over AA #7. In this case it was 10.8+ grains, and the bullets were near linotype in hardness. By the time I was done, there was barely a smudge of lead left in the bore.

    Now I've had loads that progressively deposited more lead, and most stay about the same after the first dozen rounds... but progressively better?

    How many do you think I'd have to shoot before the gun was restored to NIB condition?
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  2. 05-11-2008, 01:25 PM #2
    runfiverun
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    it's in the boolit fit,not the hardness
    ive had to shoot the opposite to clean up leading from too hard of a boolit,that was too small.
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  3. 05-11-2008, 02:07 PM #3
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    Cream of wheat as filler will scrub the bore also. Loads need to be reduced and used with caution. DALE
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  4. 05-11-2008, 06:19 PM #4
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    A handful of Berry's plateds applied at book max velocity is my answer.
    I know I'm not casting them, but what works, works.
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  5. 05-12-2008, 07:30 AM #5
    StrawHat
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    Paper patched bullets will make the bore shine also.
    Knowledge I take to my grave is wasted.

    I prefer to use cartridges born before I was.

    Success doesn't make me happy, being happy is what allows me to be successful.
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  6. 05-12-2008, 01:39 PM #6
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    Firing a few gas checked boolits does the same thing.
    You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
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