Just wondering what you guys use to remove lead from pistol/revolver barrels? I thought of plugging one end of the barrel and filling it up with paint thinner or something like that and letting it sit overnight and then running the brass brush /patches etc to clean it. I know there are lead removing kits that you can buy for 50 bucks, but hey, if someone has a cheap and easy way of removing lead lets here it.
Removing Lead from Barrel
- Thread starter hunter64
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- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
If the problem is severe you might be able to find a Lewis Lead Remover, essentially a jag with a brass screeen patch, or Outer's Foul Out ia available with a lead solution. I've always had good luck with regular solvent like Hoppes and some brush work...but niether did I give my barrels or cylinders a chance to heavily foul.
Go to the grocery store and buy one of the copper scouring pads used at the kitchen sink. Unravel it and wrap some of the strands on a tight fitting bore mop. A few passes with this and the bore will look a lot better and the copper does not hurt the barrel steel.
I've used 50/50 vinegar and hydrogen peroxide for the last year. Plug the barrel, fill with solution wait 40min to an hour and run some patches through.
The solution oxidizes the lead and it'll come out with patches as a black/grey gunk.
This will remove bluing on revolvers, but it isn't so hard that you need golves (i wear 'em anyhow...)
The solution oxidizes the lead and it'll come out with patches as a black/grey gunk.
This will remove bluing on revolvers, but it isn't so hard that you need golves (i wear 'em anyhow...)
Mystic Precision
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- Summerland, BC
I just use the lead away clothes by Kleenbore. Cut a patch run it through the bore a few times and voila, all done.
A stiff bronze brush works great too.,
Jerry
A stiff bronze brush works great too.,
Jerry
Thanks for the link Bearman and everyone else that replyed, that was the info that I needed. I was shooting my .44 mag with what I thought was hard enough lead bullets and working up some Unique powder loadings. 7.5-8.0grn seemed to work really well, about 2" at 25 yards, basically one huge ragged hole. I got to 9 grn and all of a sudden it opened up to about 6" and I thought what the heck. I opened the cyl. and looked down the bore and holy crap was it leaded. So I spent the better part of an hour brushing and cleaning when I got home and then I posted the question. The vinegar solution worked quickly and just a couple of passes with the brush and everything is ok now. Thanks guys
