Leading

[Celraysoda 7]

I cast and am satisfied with a few of my loads. They are pretty accurate but a few like to lead the barrels.

 

What is a really good cleaner for this?

[tony357 386]

lead out cloth.

 

http://www.midwayusa.com/Search/#lead%2 ... -4_8-16-32

[Col. Mortimer 11]

Cheap, easy and it works. Go to your local supermarket and buy a box of Chore Boy scrubbers. Be sure to get the all copper ones. Take an individual pad, cut the ends and unwrap it. Wrap the pad around an old brush or an under sized brush. Run the brush through the bore, dry. Copper is much softer than your steel barrel so it will not damage it. Clean until all the lead is gone.

[NickySantoro 211]

OP,

I've had good results with Shooter's Choice Lead Remover. Ramsey Outdoor stocks it.

[Guest]

old timers method - fill bore with mercury + let sit for a few hours - carefull mercury is VERY toxic but it dissolves lead + does not hurt the bore -

[GRIZ 3,369]

How bad is the leading? After 50 rds,100,200? Common causes of leading are:

 

1. Loads too hot for the hardness of the bullet.

2. Bullet undersize

3. Loads not hot enough (usually with HBWCs)

 

I've always found Hoppes #9 to work for cleaning after lead bullets.

[Celraysoda 7]

How bad is the leading? After 50 rds,100,200? Common causes of leading are:

 

1. Loads too hot for the hardness of the bullet.

2. Bullet undersize

3. Loads not hot enough (usually with HBWCs)

 

I've always found Hoppes #9 to work for cleaning after lead bullets.

 

Not too bad, most of the leading at the end of the barrel. Probably after about 150 rounds. Looks to be patchy. The wire brush cleans most of it off. I think the bullets I cast aren't hard enough. I hear tossing in some linotype is good for hardening the batch.

[docwalt 1]

Mix up a batch of ED'S RED. After using it regularly, leading is easy to clean.

[Melgamatic 66]

old timers method - fill bore with mercury + let sit for a few hours - carefull mercury is VERY toxic but it dissolves lead + does not hurt the bore -

 

Of course, most of these old timers are either dead or mentally retarded now, but they have clean bores.

[Guest]

i'm still alive + i don't think that i'm retarded -