Cheap Borescope - I Got Lead in the Barrel

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Bought a good little borescope on Amazon.ca for $66 Cdn (delivered).

I looked in the barrels of some 357 revolvers. I shoot lead bullets and I can see that there is lead in there.

The barrels are now wet with Wipe-Out. I will run a patch thru tomorrow, but don't expect it to remove the lead.

Is there a solvent that removes lead?

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Mercury dissolves lead. It's a bit dangerous though... The only real solution is mechanical action with the help of a good penetrating oil to help loosen it.
 
Shooter's Choice Lead Remover Bore Cleaning Solvent, specifically formulated for lead and lead only, and it doesn't smell as bad as you think it should
 
I have an Outers Foul Out II. Electrochemical bore cleaner. One bottle of fluid for lead, other for copper. Electroplates the lead or copper to the rod. Works good. I just ordered one of those bore scopes. Should arrive within a month.
 
Not a solvent, but a "mechanical" means of removing lead from a bore. The one I use is "Hoppe's Lead Remover" - I believe there are other similar, from other companies. It is comprised of fairly fine mesh brass screens, in the shape of a disc - you form one of these over a small rubber "drum" and with the included threaded rod, you pull it through the bore, from the chamber to the muzzle. I was surprised at the amount of lead that this scraped out on the first pass. The kit also includes a fitting that you can use the screens with, to clean the forcing cone. Much faster and less messy than waiting for chemicals to disolve the lead.
 
"WipeOut No Lead Brushless lead remover"

Disclaimer: I bought a bottle at the Kamloops gun show a few years back, and haven't yet tried it.

Oddly, it's now about 75% empty...

In any case, the fellow that sold it to me said he ignores the 60 minutes working time the label suggests, and only lets it work for 15 minutes. He felt it was rather aggressive.

Fwiw...
 
fire@will said:
Not a solvent, but a "mechanical" means of removing lead from a bore. The one I use is "Hoppe's Lead Remover" - I believe there are other similar, from other companies. It is comprised of fairly fine mesh brass screens, in the shape of a disc - you form one of these over a small rubber "drum" and with the included threaded rod, you pull it through the bore, from the chamber to the muzzle. I was surprised at the amount of lead that this scraped out on the first pass. The kit also includes a fitting that you can use the screens with, to clean the forcing cone. Much faster and less messy than waiting for chemicals to disolve the lead.
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This sounds like the Lewis Lead Remover I used decades ago. I wish I could find mine.....
I've also had good results using the Hoppe's Tornado brushes - looped stainless steel "bristles" along with alternating soaking and scrubbing with the brush.
 
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