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lead in barrel

dgacdgac Member Posts: 694 ✭✭✭✭
edited April 2008 in Ask the Experts
How do you know its leaded up? How do you clean it out?

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  • RCrosbyRCrosby Member Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What's the firearm? Long gun, short gun? Caliber. Jacketed bullets? Lead? A mix? Sometimes they just plain look cruddy under bright light. If jacketed bullets are involved and fouling is present, a clean patch with a good bore solvent should be run through. First few may be black from powder fowling. After that, a greenish tinge will indicate copper fouling. For true lead build up in handguns I like the lewis lead remover. For lead or copper in rifles, if more than a good brushing and solvent will take care of, I've had good luck with the Outer Foul-Out.
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    Well I have seen them so bad that I could not see the riling in a 1934 Beretta before. Remington makes a good lead remover. Unless you are losing accuracy or shoot a lot of lead bullets, I would not worry about it.
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  • dgacdgac Member Posts: 694 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The gun is a colt 1911a1. Its in about 94% original finish. The rounds were handloads. I was using 230gr lead rn bullets. I didnt know if I needed to use a different type of bore cleaner.

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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    First off leading of the bore on 1911 type pistols can go from hundreds of rounds with almost on lead to sever leading with just a few rounds The key is proper size bullets for the bore small bullets will lead almost from the first one and #2 LUBE good quality lube will go a long way to cutting down on the amount of leading . I get about 100,000 rounds of lead bullets through my match pistol barrels before I need to replace the barrel and then it is NOT because the bore is worn out. Get some HOPPES #9 or KROIL is also great stuff and some good Brass Brushes clean after every 100 or so rounds You will be able to see the lead in the groves at the chamber end. sort of like a small bump with lead streak toward the muzzle
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  • XracerXracer Member Posts: 1,990 ✭
    edited November -1
    If you're using hard lead bullets (wheelweights, linotype lead) and loading to Factory Load or Military specs. (850-870 fps), it should take a looooong time to lead up a 1911 barrel....

    But.....+1 on what perry shooter says.
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  • AdamsQuailHunterAdamsQuailHunter Member Posts: 2,022 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello "dgac"

    The other posters have given you valuable information. I don't shoot my 1911 style pistols often enough to worry about lead build up. But I have helped others out removing lead fouling from their firearms.

    With just "light" lead fouling - I use Kroil and a bronze bore brush.

    For "heavy" fouling - I use Butche's Bore Shine - bronze brush firmly epoxed into an old arrow shaft and a battery powered drill. I have had to use this on one really old and really fouled barrel for 15 minutes.

    Best Regards[:)]
    Steve Adams
    AdamsQuailHunter on GunBroker and Antiqueguns Forums
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  • dgacdgac Member Posts: 694 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks
    dgac
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  • dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A Lewis lead Remover works wonders also.
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