best way to clean ported barrels?

[pbkluther]

I've recently purchased a revolver that has a ported barrel, a first for me. is there anything i should know, do, or do not do when cleaning these(the ports themselves)? besides dont break anything off in it. im thinking an appropriate size drill bit or piece wire (clothes hanger looks about right) and gently hand plunge them out.

 

[BADUNAME37]

Use old toothbrushes.

Let the solvent do the work, just keep re-applying as long as is needed using the toothbrush and solvent.

 

[mljdeckard]

Yeah, I would only use soft things on it. Look at it this way, it's not quite as sensitive as the crown, but you don't want to ding it up. It's only function is to be a hole. As long as the hole is free, I wouldn't worry too much about it. If you want to appease your OCD tendencies and make sure there is no black stuff in it, then I would do exactly what Friendly says, soft brush and maybe a little cleaning agent.

 

[451 Detonics]

Back in my Action Pistol day I would fire one round of Rich Davis's Thunderzaps when lead started building up in the comp...would blow every bit of it out. For the little holes today I would use pipe cleaners soaked in bore solvent.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Q-tips work ok too. Soaked in slovent that is

 

[Standing Wolf]

I use pipe cleaners when I have them, or else a length of strong string soaked in cleaning solvent. Pipe cleaners, which normally have a core of twisted wire, need to be used with care.

 

[ms6852]

I use a padded clamp to secure the pistol with the barrel pointing down and a baby food jar with solvent and let the barrel soak for about one hour, than I use pipe cleaners, and I use some thick white string which I run through opposite holes grabbing string with both hands and running string with tension until it no longer is black.

 

[awhiteha]

Outers Foul Out II

I have been out shooting my 2 44 magnums. A 240 grain Meister .44 cal bullet with 10 gr. Unique and these foul up the barrell, badly, in my Ruger Super Blackhawk, that is magna ported (with a 6.5 inch barrel) and a Taurus Model 44 Stainless Steel, factory ported.

I tried cleaning it with chemicals: Shooter's choice, Butches Bore Shine, and good old Hoppe's no. 9. None of them worked!!!

Next, I tried Outers Foul Out 2 on the Ruger Super Blackhawk first. I cleaned the handgun in 1 hour. Then I tried it on the Taurus Model 44, it took 4 hours. In cleaning them them I had to tape the ported end of the barrells with electrical tape and then fill it with the Foul Out solution. I poured out the chemicals after 30 minutes and then cleaned out the black gunk with Shooter's Choice and a swab. The swab was so dirty and had to make approximately 5 passes to get a clean swab and then refill with solution and let the machine go to work again. This means I had to strip away layers of lead and then clean out the fouling with it. By the time I was done, I could have strip out enough for a half of a bullet out of the Ruger and a whole bullet out of the Taurus. The integral compensator sure does collect a lot of lead.

Also, for your information: The handguns weigh the same and I was a little hasty about magna-porting it but I had it done anyways. When I compared it against the Taurus integral porting the Ruger's magna-port kicks less and less muzzle flip. They both work though. Just clean it every time you shoot lead bullets through it, as all the fouling underneath the layers of layer will eat pitholes in your gun. As it has happened to one of my inlaws.