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Offline 1Longbow

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Barrel cleaning
« on: January 04, 2004, 09:53:11 AM »
Can I ask what you fellow shooters use to remove lead fouling from the barrels and cylinders of your favorite revolvers. I picked up a used GP100 and the previous owner ,shot 38's through it and I can see alot of lead build up . Thanks for your help--1Longbow
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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2004, 11:05:44 AM »
I use the Birchwood lead remover cloth. I first clean the barrel and cyl with some cleanimg solvent, I cut  small strips of the lead remover cloth ( 3/8" x 3" ) and wrap one around an old brass barrel brush. I run this back and forth in barrel and cyl tell cloth is black. I clean again with cleaning solvent, check for lead and repeat till barrel is clean. Goes pretty quick. Use it on dirty rifles aso.  I was show this by Jim Crews.   www.marksmans.com
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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2004, 11:57:38 AM »
Either a Lewis tool, available from Midway and others or just go to the grocery store, buy a copper scouring pad, cut it up and put a piece over a jag, preferably a size smaller (30 caliber should be just right).
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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2004, 02:07:31 PM »
JB's Bore Cleaning Compound"
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« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2004, 08:06:52 AM »
I have heard that the outers foul-out does a great job. Cost is about $75.00
 For a cheaper method ,Check on Veral Smith's section here on shooting cast bullets. Its at the bottom of the page.
Take a bore brush a coupl of sizes smaller. Wrap with a copper scouring pad that has been disassembled . After 6 to 10 passes the lead will be removed-usually. Also, these same folks reccomend that you plug one end of the barrel abd fill barrel with common household ammonia . After a few hours dump the ammonia and clean. Repeat as necessary.
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« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2004, 10:14:27 AM »
I recently purchased an Outers Foul out III (local closeout table for $50.00).  

Its first use was a 41 mag that would not come clean using lead remover cloth patches.   It is now spotless.

Only had it a weed but figure on using it a hole bunch.

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