Lead fouling and removal questions

[Darryle]

Let me preface by saying I am on my phone and the search function is difficult to say the least.

I have a new to me SX-2 with severe lead fouling from shooting foster style slugs, it looks like the barrel is rifled it is so bad. What is the quickest and easiest method to remove the lead fouling.

I have tried the "how to deep clean a shotgun barrel" method modified with some Hoppes and it is working as I can now see breaks in the "rifling".  But I am on my 5th it 6th cleaning pass of about 60 passes with the brush and solvent in a drill motor.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

[Lt Smoke]

I bought an Outers Foul Out several yaers ago. It is the answer for all of your lead or copper fouling.

[Ranch13]

Find a cleaning jag of the proper size, and push a patch soaked in turpentine thru the bore with it.

[Siskiyou]

I am having good results cleaning lead bullet fouling out of handguns using Remington 40X bore cleaner.  You can buy it at Wal Mart.

[geezerbiker]

Ed's Red home mix bore cleaner washes out all the lead and plastic fouling from a shotgun barrel easier than anything else I've ever tried and it's cheap to mix up...

Tony

[Bigeasy]

Go to the grocery store, and pick up a "Chore-Boy" pad.  It is made of copper, if I remember right, and designed to clean pots and pans, and will not harm a gun barrel, unlike long term use of harder steel wool can.  Wrap some on a slightly worn brush, add a little solvent, and run it thru the barrel a couple times.  You will be amazed at the amount of lead it removes.  Works well on handguns and rifles as well.  Basically its a poor mans version of the Lewis Lead Remover.
 
Larry

[SHOOTALL]

Brass hardware cloth ( screen) around a brush works also , with a squirt of carb or brake cleaner .

[gcrank1]

And dont just 'trust' the look of a copper or brass colored pad, test with a magnet!

[blind ear]

And dont just 'trust' the look of a copper or brass colored pad, test with a magnet!

 
How do you test with a magnet? ear
OK, I missed that you were talking about testing the scrubber. duh. ear

[hillbill]

Go to the grocery store, and pick up a "Chore-Boy" pad.  It is made of copper, if I remember right, and designed to clean pots and pans, and will not harm a gun barrel, unlike long term use of harder steel wool can.  Wrap some on a slightly worn brush, add a little solvent, and run it thru the barrel a couple times.  You will be amazed at the amount of lead it removes.  Works well on handguns and rifles as well.  Basically its a poor mans version of the Lewis Lead Remover.
 
Larry

exactly! rest the end of the barrel on a white cloth when your swabbing it and yu will be amazed at the lead flakes you will find!i could not find the real copper chore boy pads around here so i purchased a bunch off ebay, prob enuf to last me the rest of my life.

[quickdtoo]

If you have any WipeOut foaming bore cleaner, it will remove lead by breaking down the alloys in the lead allowing the remaining lead to be pushed out with a tight patch, takes 2-3 days to work, but there's no scrubbing required, a couple applications, then leave it to do the work. 

Tim

[Bob J]

For serious leading I've used a 50/50 mix of hydrogen peroxide and vinegar with significant success....  Plug the barrel and fill with the mix and let stand a few minutes then drain and rinse....   Repeat until the dark foaming doesn't occur when you fill it indicating that there is no more lead for the solution to attack...


Be aware that the drained solution is lead acetate which is easily absorbed through the skin and toxic.....  Wear gloves when doing this and be sure to dispose of appropriately.....

[gcrank1]

And FWIW, I have had steel rust from H-P and vinegar. Not saying it wont work on leading, just make sure you neutralize the solution and oil up good for a couple of days in a row to make sure it aint happening to you.
I think the 'newish' S&W foaming bore cleaner is supposed to remove leading too. A friend brought some over to try one day and we did a few of my guns, some still 'dirty' and some clean (just to see what else would come out) The stuff worked quite well, quick and slick too. We didnt really get much to speak of out of my clean ones (done basically with Ed's Red), but it was a joy to use in those that were ready to get spiffed up and stored.