camobob
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- Feb 18, 2013
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The lewis lead remover is the best product for removing lead from barrels, forcing cones and cylinders bar none.
The reason many people get leading is that they are shooting hard cast bullets that are, 1, either too small a diameter for the barrel or 2, the load is too light to allow the bullet to bump up in the forcing cone.
If you buy your bullets, depending on who you buy from, you may be able to select the diameter that you want. You should always use .002 over the bore diameter if possible to avoid leading. You can buy Cerrosafe, a low temp casting material, from Brownells to slug your bore.
Assuming a bullet is properly lubed, leading occurs when a bullet does not fill the bore upon firing and the hot gases eroded the bullet as they pass by it. A tightly sealed bullet prevents this from happening.
For those of you that have to shoot bullets that are shy of barrel diameter, you can increase the load, within published limits, to allow the bullet to bump up. Granted this will give you more recoil but it will cut down on the time cleaning your gun.
As a retired gunsmith, I can tell you that I have seen more guns ruined from excessive cleaning and disassembly than I ever saw from high volume shooting.
Regards,
John
+1 on this - been shooting lead through all my pistols for many years with zero problems. Normal cleaning is sufficient but I use chore boys on my polygonal barrels just to be sure. If you're getting build up something aint right.
