barrel cleaning????????

[KF9VH]

What is the best way to clean the barrel on a revolver? Has anyone tried foaming bore cleaner by Gunslick? I will be using mainly copper slugs.

What is the best way to clean lead out of the barrel.

Thanks

Mike

[ed1921]

I've always used elbow grease along w/ solvent, brushes & patches.
American Rifleman recently had a good article on cleaning lead from barrels.
Never tried the foaming cleaners.
Letting the solvent work a while helps.

[ihuntbucks]

I'm with ed1921 on this one Mike.I have always used just solvent and copper brushes then patches.Of course I clean my weapons each time I get home from firing.No matter if I shot once or a hundred.Even my .22;doesn't matter what cal.Notice your a ham;so am I.Take care,Rick  "NS4M"

[bigdaddytacp]

What is the best way to clean the barrel on a revolver? Has anyone tried foaming bore cleaner by Gunslick? I will be using mainly copper slugs.

What is the best way to clean lead out of the barrel.

Thanks

Mike

........Like the others I use a good solvent,Hoppes 9 or shooters choice and a wet mop or patch to soak the barrel and let it sit for a half hour and use a brass brush to remove the loose particles and a dry patch and then repeat if necessary........for LEAD a good lead solvent.....MAKE SURE NOT TO MIX....and for the forcing cone and cly in revolvers a Lewis lead remover kit is a good buy....use the lead solvent and a good brass brush and let sit ....even overnight if you really have bad buildup and let it soak......either time or elbow grease is required....less of one more of the other.....just avoid mixing any bore cleaners and no stainless brushs except in chamber or cly if nothing else seems to work.......good luck and good shooting with a clean gun!!

[KF9VH]

Thanks for the feed back guys.

Anyone use Sweets 7.62 in their pistols? It seems to do the trick in my rifles with the least amount of work.

I am still interested to hear about the foaming stuff. I hope some one responds about it.

[HappyHunter]

The others have provided good info.

I do not use the Lewis Lead kit as I am a little concerned that it may be rough on gun...use on sparingly perhaps and only if lead remains after using solvents.

What I do like to use is the Outers Foul out.  It is a electric anode rod that attracks all the lead.  It cleans better than anything I have ever used and does no harm to barrel.  It can be used with two different solutions, one is for lead the other is for copper.  It is amazing what this will pull out of what you thought was a clean barrel.

hth Fred

[BCB]

KF9VH,
I use Sweet's 7.62 along with J&B Bore Cleaner if the fouling is severe enough.  I also use steel brushes.  Many people are not in favor of them, but I have never ruined a barrel and I have been using them for a good many years on pieces that have had a good many rounds and cleanings.  Sometimes I will wrap a piece of a copper scouring pad around the brush.  This works well, especially for leading.  You can also use the copper wrap method on bronze or plastic brushes if you are afraid to use the steel brushes.  This will add a bit more material to remove the fouling.  Good-luck...BCB

[Redhawk1]

Shooter Choice works great for me.  

[Glanceblamm]

Good Advice!
Only thing that I might add would be not to touch the rod while in the barrel. The free spinning handle will let your Brush/patches follow the rifling instead of being dragged across it.

[Questor]

For copper fouling I use Sweet's 7.62 and JB Bore Paste. For leading, in a .45 or 44 I use a 38 caliber bronze brush wrapped with bronze wool to make it snug in the bore. After a superficial cleaning of the bore with solvent, I dry the bore, then run the bronze wool through the bore. I run the rod through the bore from the muzzle, then screw in the brush from the other end. I then stroke the wool back and forth several times within the dry bore. Works great.  Leading is often a symptom that there is something wrong with the bullet or the load. A good load won't lead if the barrel is decent.

[sawfish]

Be careful if you are planning to leave a nickel plated gun to soak overnight.  I have heard that Hoppe's #9 will work its way between the steel and nickel plating and cause the two to separate.  I have never actually seen, or experienced this, but I think this type of warning was on the Hoppes bottle at one time.  If that is true, I would imagine that other solvents i.e. Kroil would be even worse.  This may be just a rumor, but worth checking out if you have a nickel finish gun.

[Washita]

Shooters Choice works great.  Just follow the directions printed on the bottle.