lead fouling

[crashresidue]

Cheers people,

I'll apologize first off - I don't know if this topic has been covered in the last six months or not. I just got off a 172 day aerial fire suppression contract and spent most of my time in small towns that didn't have access to my ISP.

I've always had problems with lead fouling in my Shilo Sharps.  No matter how much work I spend on cleaning her, I always seem to have lead left in the bore.

I was down at my gun-dealer the other day and happened to mention the problem to him, asking about a commercial cleaning kit that might help.

He suggested that I plug my breach, fill the bore with MP-7, and let it sit for a couple of days.  Seeing as I'd just bought a gallon of the stuff from him, I decided to try it.

It WORKED!  I let her sit for two days, ran a 28 gauge bore brush through both ways and started to run dry patches.  After about ten, I started to see a real difference in the color.  I ran two more dry patches and then an oiled patch - it came out CLEAN!

I don't think I've ever gotten a "white" patch back from this gun.

Tomorrow will be the second day after the cleaning - if I get clean patches out of the bore, then I figure I've found the answer to my problem.

Hope this helps.

Gentle winds,
Russ

[Ray Newman]

As posted over on the Shiloh board:

""Experiencing major problems" w/ leading?

"Have you changed the bullet alloy, dia., or lube, or to another bullet design & weight?

"If you load w/ 'store bought' bullets, the same applies.

"Really don't think a magic cleaning solution w/ maybe an oversized bore brush is the final solution to your problems.

"Why continue on w/ something that only causes frustration? If the barrel becomes that leaded, how can you achieve any touch of accuracy?...."

& as another poster advised:

"....You are taking care of the symptom not the problem. You need to get to the bottom of this and that is ... What is causing my barrel to lead.

"When everything is in sync there should be no leading or very little at best."

Read all 'bout it:
http://www.shilohrifle.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5646

[sharps4590]

I'd have to agree with Ray in that there is something wrong with your bullets or perhaps lube.  None of my Sharps or my Ballard ever lead the bore when fired with black powder.  Now if you're driving soft bullets very fast with smokeless powder it becomes another issue entirely.

Vic