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I remember reading here that one of the best thngs to use to remove lead from a barrel is a mixture of water and peroxide . I think ? I couldn't find it in the search as just commercial products came up .

Does anyone have the proportions for this mixture?

I neeed to remove a buildup of lead from the cylinder of my 686 . It was used mustly with .38special brass and now it won't feed .357's properly so I was just considering dipping the cylinder in the peroxide to clean it out but figured that I better check first just to kame sure I don't screw it up

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You might want to try using a Lewis Lead Removal system. It's a brass mesh screen trapped between two hard rubber plugs and drawn through the barrel or cylinder like a patch.

I imagine the peroxide method would work, but removing the lead mechanicly first would probably be best.
 
Go to wal-mart and pick up some bronze scouring pads. Cut to size and use your jag to mechanically clean. Will get the lead out in a hurry and won;t hurt the harder steel.
 
The lead removing mixture is HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND WHITE VINEGAR 50/50 . The HYDROGEN PEROXIDE can be the 3% kind. It worked well on an old .357 of mine that had fired a lot of .38 special. It is said to harm the blue but I think that would happen if you soaked the cylinder or barrel in the solution for a long time. I just ran some through the cylinder on a patch let it sit for 10 or 20 minutes then bronze brushed everything out. Being worried about it harming the blue ,I soaked the cylinder with hot water and baking soda , then very hot water to clean that off , then dried and oiled , results , lead gone cylinder not harmed in any way that I could see. It is supposed to work well at removing lead buildup in compensators on IPSC RACE GUNS.
 
I once read that loading some cream of wheat on top of your powder will clean the lead out. I have also heard this works but there is some strange reason for it that does not include the cream of wheat being a scrubber. I have not tried it myself as I have not had this problem yet.
 
i use bronze scubbing pads rapped on a phosphous brush in my drill, doesnt take long to clean, lots of people use 4-o steel wool , i use it on my cast shooters all the time, also great , will not hurt your bore,, wade
 
hawk223 said:
I once read that loading some cream of wheat on top of your powder will clean the lead out. I have also heard this works but there is some strange reason for it that does not include the cream of wheat being a scrubber. I have not tried it myself as I have not had this problem yet.
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best use for cream of wheat I've heard of yet...certainly shouldn't be taken internally!
 
Bearman , Was your cylinder blued ?
How much baking soda ( % ) and how hot of water ( boiling ? ) and for how long ?
I have a Truesight that gets lead build up pretty quick in the expansion chamber , but I don't want to harm the finish when I will have to routinely remove it .
Thanks
 
hawk223 said:
I once read that loading some cream of wheat on top of your powder will clean the lead out. I have also heard this works but there is some strange reason for it that does not include the cream of wheat being a scrubber. I have not tried it myself as I have not had this problem yet.
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I would be careful with cream of wheat. If you load it on top of your powder charge you are effectively changing the internal volume of your cartridge. High pressures could be the result.

I myself have some doubts that anything behind the lead bullet will remove or prevent lead buildup.
 
After you finish dealing with the leading you might want to consider changing your bullet to one that a) fits better b) harder c)gas check, in most of my guns i get no leading, even after hundreds of rounds! Quite often leading is caused by bullets that don't fit and allow gases to escape along side the bullet actually melting it. Bevel base bullets and bullets with the gas check missing can make the problem worse.
 
My cylinder was a blued cylinder removed from the single action gun and I had already rinsed the vinegar and hydrogen peroxide off the cylinder with hot running tap water , then I just dumped a bunch of Baking soda all over the wet cylinder then immersed it in the a little hot water in the sink mushed it all over everything and then ran it under the hot water tap as hot as it goes, then dried it with a paper towel and let it set to dry from the heat in the cylinder , then oiled it.
 
So if I got this right you used the vinigar/hydrogen peroxide to disolve the lead and the water/baking soda to nuetralize the acidic solution ?
I'll give it a whirl tomorrow , thanks .
 
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