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Post by TMan on Dec 28, 2004 17:00:17 GMT -5
Okay, I bought some .22LR "copper-coated" ammo at Wally-World. Good price! Then I shot 50 rounds of it. When I went to clean the gun, I found that I couldn't get the jag through it. Looking in the barrel with the little fiber-optic light revealed crud on the sides. I removed the barrel and took it into my gunsmith. He said: "lead". He got strips of it out, and gave it back to me for final cleaning. I'm not being too successful in getting it clean. Most of the stuff I have says that it is for copper fouling. I know Lewis makes a thing for the big calibers, but how do you do a good job of getting the lead out in a .22?
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Post by "DoubleAction" on Dec 28, 2004 17:45:41 GMT -5
TMan; You can try the delicate approach to removing lead by soaking the bore overnight with Hoppes #9, then going in with a patch ( not a jag). I save the jags for final clean up because they're so tight. Gum Out carb. cleaner will also help flush out the lead. The Kleen Bore Lead Away cloth will work real good on the jag for clean up. Another is the Bore Snake. I use all these methods, and more. If it's stainless your working with, you will be safe. Beware of the lead removers when working with plated or blued guns.
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Post by 5ontarget on Dec 29, 2004 18:23:50 GMT -5
I usually use Hoppes #9, (I've heard Hoppes elite is really good, but haven't tried it) or Blue Wonder, occasionally CLP, a brass brush, scub, let it soak for a while (varies from 5-10mins to 3-4hours), run a patch or two, repeat again. The nice thing about Blue Wonder is it won't remove the bluing, and I don't think it stinks as bad.
I usually use a bore snake at the end of a day of shooting, I do a complete cleaning when it is dirty or every other time shooting, whichever is first.
On a side note, I also wear some gloves when cleaning, to protect against lead and some of the other nasties. Most of the cleaners are lead solvents with organinc compounds as well, and they may/can carry lead into your system. Paranoid, maybe...
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Post by "DoubleAction" on Dec 29, 2004 19:48:19 GMT -5
5ontarget; Great mention of the gloves. I've been using some Nitrille gloves made by Ansell Edmont, called Sol-Vex. They have served me for several years, especially when I had the messy chore of cleaning lead out of the bores. I've used them for cold bluing a few small parts too. www.ansell-edmont.com/ |
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