Please help with lead fouling problem

[TX-Hunter]

I have a single action .22 revolver that gets lead build up BAD right past the forcing cone.  Three times now I have shot it after completely cleaning the fouling out and it still does it.  I have scrubbed the bore with chore boy to smooth it and it still does it.  I am shooting Remington Thunderbolts.

What can I do to stop this lead build up?

Thanks

[LaOtto222]

You did not say what brand of single action you have. If you have polished the forcing cone and barrel, that should not be a problem. Is there visible ridges in that area? It should be shiny when clean. If your cylinders do not line up with the forcing cone, then that could cause it to deposit lead in the forcing cone and into the barrel. Having just one cylinder out of alignment can cause leading. While a quality revolver can have a cylinder/s out of alignment; it is rare, but anything can happen. You might try to shoot some copper plated 22 long rifles to see if your problem goes away or helps. My Father-In-Law has a Colt Ace. It peels lead so bad that he can only shoot a few rounds before it starts to misfeed. He has to shoot CCI mini mags (copper plated) in it and then it will go for some where in the neighborhood of 100 before it leads up to the point of getting misfeeds. BTW It used to be that Remington "golden" HV solid points shoot the best of any bulk ammo in all of my 22 rim fires. Now I can't get them to shoot worth a darn. For that matter I have not been able to get any Remington 22 rim fire to shoot well. I have tried the subsonic, high velocity hollow points, and targets. I get very erratic results. Back in the 80's the Remington ammo would hold .5 inch at 50 yards with my Glenfield and they were nice round groups. My T/C 10" was banded at the local club for shoots because it did so well they though it was unfair. I used Remy 22 HV solids. I could knock down 50 yard rams at 100 yards with it on a regular basis 3 - 4/5 with iron sights. 50 yards was too easy.

[TX-Hunter]

It is an Excam Tangfolio.

I thought about trying the copper bullets next time and see if that was any better. 

[John Traveler]

Sorry to say,

But all the Excam revolvers I have examined have been inexpensive, poorly made guns.  They routinely have casual alignment of cylinders and barrels, oversized and badly cut forcing cones, and timing issues.  Many NEW guns have these problems out of the box!  All of these things cause or contribute to lead spattering and fouling at the barrel/cylinder gap.

The only suggestion I have to do as the others suggested:  try copper plated bullets and see if it makes a difference.

[TX-Hunter]

thanks.  I'll try that.