Lead fouling question. Ruger 10/22

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Hi!

So I was cleaning my 10/22 after a great day at the range and I when I put the brush down the barrel it came out with about a 1 inch long piece of lead which looked like it would have gone around half the circumference of the bore. I probably put 400 .22 lr rounds down range that day. What caused the lead fouling to be so bad? Was that too many rounds between cleanings? Did I let the barrel get so hot that it melted the lead? Was it friction with the barrel? Too much G-96 residue in the barrel after the last cleaning ( I don't think so because I bore snaked my 10/22 that day right before my first shot just to make sure there was no debris or oil drips in it). Or is a chunck of lead fouling normal and okay?

Thanks for the advice!
 
AlexPdHJ said:
Hi!

So I was cleaning my 10/22 after a great day at the range and I when I put the brush down the barrel it came out with about a 1 inch long piece of lead which looked like it would have gone around half the circumference of the bore. I probably put 400 .22 lr rounds down range that day. What caused the lead fouling to be so bad? Was that too many rounds between cleanings? Did I let the barrel get so hot that it melted the lead? Was it friction with the barrel? Too much G-96 residue in the barrel after the last cleaning ( I don't think so because I bore snaked my 10/22 that day right before my first shot just to make sure there was no debris or oil drips in it). Or is a chunck of lead fouling normal and okay?

Thanks for the advice!
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Seems normal. Considering you shot about 400rds of Lead ammo. I normally mix up my ammo, lead and copper wash and limits the fowling.
 
+2 I always throw a bunch of jacketed bullets into the batch if I'm shooting lead, I don't think I've ever seen a ring of lead come out of a .22 in over 30 years of plinking...
 
ronnie01 said:
Where do you get jacketed 22 ammo??? Plated perhaps but not jacketed.

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Mini mags. I was lucky enough to buy a few thousand rounds before the well ran dry. I'd have to check the boxes but I'm 99% sure they're jacketed.

**edit plated it is :)
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