LiveLife
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I am currently teaching a shooter to reload. He complained that he got some leading in his Kimber Custom barrel from some lead reloads he got from his friends. He tried cleaning the barrel with Hoppe's #9 and leading did not come out.
I recently found out that WD40 works well for lead deposits in the barrel. So, before using my more aggressive physical and chemical solutions, I sprayed the barrel with WD40 and let it soak while we cleaned our guns.
First application of WD40 and soaking for 10 minutes and running copper bore brush resulted in about 60% lead removal with patches coming out with lead sparkles. Second application of WD40 and soaking removed almost all the lead deposits. Some scraping with precision flat screwdriver tip near the chamber end of rifling grooves and third application of WD40 got the barrel rifling clean and shiny.
For his initial reloads, I had him reload Missouri Bullets 18 BHN 200 gr SWC and 230 gr RN using 4.9 gr of HP38 (same as W231) at 1.25" OAL. After shooting 200 rounds, barrel was checked with virtually no leading in the rifling. He's a happy camper and keeps the WD40 can on his bench now.
I recently found out that WD40 works well for lead deposits in the barrel. So, before using my more aggressive physical and chemical solutions, I sprayed the barrel with WD40 and let it soak while we cleaned our guns.
First application of WD40 and soaking for 10 minutes and running copper bore brush resulted in about 60% lead removal with patches coming out with lead sparkles. Second application of WD40 and soaking removed almost all the lead deposits. Some scraping with precision flat screwdriver tip near the chamber end of rifling grooves and third application of WD40 got the barrel rifling clean and shiny.
For his initial reloads, I had him reload Missouri Bullets 18 BHN 200 gr SWC and 230 gr RN using 4.9 gr of HP38 (same as W231) at 1.25" OAL. After shooting 200 rounds, barrel was checked with virtually no leading in the rifling. He's a happy camper and keeps the WD40 can on his bench now.
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