Best solvent?

ldhill said:
Thats what this does also. If you would take the time to READ what the product does then maybe you would see that it also removes lead. duh
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Steady on, now...! It seems an unlikely product at first sight since it is quite gentle in comparison to the standard bore solvents such as Shooter's Choice and Butch's but several CGN folks use this stuff (including me) and are quite impressed with it. It does seem to be able to get under various kinds of bore fouling and make it easier to remove. I've not used it extensively on lead; I must try it the next time I go through a bunch of hard-cast in my Marlin .44 mag. From the comments I've read on CGN it seems to work better than various other similar products.

:) Stuart
 
None of those bore cleaners "eats" lead. Wipe-out is comprised of MEA, a excellent copper solvent, like ammonia, but doensn't eat the barrel, and butyl-cellusolve to eat the powder residue.
 
I copied the note from the web site. here is what they say.

SPECIAL NOTE FOR ALL SHOOTERS SHOOTING LEAD BULLETS.

We specifically state that Wipe-out does not dissolve lead. Most chemicals that dissolve lead produce a galvanic reaction. This reaction in effect acts like a battery. In most cases it will etch steel ( both stainless and carbon steel). It is for this reason that we don't use chemicals that specifically work on lead.

We use chemicals that will dissolve the other metals ( tin , antimony, zinc, etc.) that are incorporated in most bullet alloys. So we work to destroy the integrity of the bullet alloy, and it begins to come apart in small black flakes. This process takes about 24 to 36 hours.

So while Wipe-Out™ does not dissolve lead , it will degrade the alloy so that it can be pushed out with a tight patch.
Anyway If I can find something that will do the job and save me time. I will try it.
 
Don't shoot much lead - but have one experience - for what it may be worth.
Bought a Win. 1892 - terrible looking bore. Was scrubbing away at it with a bronze brush and can't remember what, hoping it was only lead-fouled. For some reason, squirted some "Fliud Film" in and the lead came out in chunks!
Don't know if this was a one-shot event or what - ??
(Barrel was still no good - pitted terrible)
Incidently - I always have "Fluid Film" around as I believe it to be the best rust-preventative in existance. Use it to coat every bore before storage.

My .02
 
Can't recall who makes it - comes in a tan-colored aerosol can - have seen it at many auto parts places - believe Crappy Tire, maybe Walmart auto, NAPA, etc.
Made as a lube and corrosion preventative for everything under the sun - kind of a greasy WD40 type of thing.
Don't usually fall for this kind of s**t, but read a deal where the U.S. Navy rates it the best corrosion inhibiter for salt-water use and use it by the barrel.(Figure they oughtta know their stuff.)
Also, correspond with a gentleman on the Florida coast, who has huge issues with the salt air and his firearms, and after years of trying everything under the sun, he fell in love with this stuff.
 
fluid film is a lanolin based product. enviremently friendly and a bugger to wash off. its avalable at aklands supply. we use it in a bodyshop invirement as it has no silicons or fish oils like wd40. its one of the best lubes i have found in years.
 
Lead removal

Here's a quick and cheap way to scour lead out of a bore.

Buy one of the copper Chore Girl (Boy?) type kitchen scouring pads. With a bit of fiddling you can unravel it into a coarse copper tinsel looking stuff. I store it on empty thread spools from my fly tying bench. Wrap a length of it back and forth a couple times on a tight bore mop like S & W supplies with their revolvers. Lubricate with solvent like Ed's red and start scrubbing the gunk out. Doesn't take that many passes. I've used this for twenty or more years (actually a lot more) and it works fine and doesn't damage a bore.
 
I use the same method as Stocker does and it works well.

One thing to make sure is that you get 100% copper. You don't want to be scrubbing with copper coated or copper/steel mixed strands.
 
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