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Old 09-12-2020, 10:00 PM
Gary in Illinois Gary in Illinois is offline
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A friend brought me a Ruger Single Six he had just purchased telling me it wouldn’t hit a pie plate at 25 yards with any consistency. He had tried cleaning the barrel with Wipe Out but still had crud in the barrel.

I couldn’t get a borescope down the barrel without taking the “shield” off the bore scope as you would have to do if using it on a 17 caliber barrel. After I could see down the barrel it was obvious that there was a great amount of lead just outside the forcing cone. I used a fairly close fitting brass rod with a sharp shoulder on it to scrape curled lead (6.5 grains) out of the barrel! I am considering letting Kroil soak in the barrel overnight since I don’t have any lead removing chemicals.

I have two questions:
1) What is the best way to remove the lead accumulation from the barrel, and
2) How could a 22 LR revolver accumulate so much lead. I wouldn’t think the velocity would be high enough to deposit that quantity of lead in the barrel.

Thanks for any suggestions.
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Old 09-12-2020, 10:53 PM
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I use a few strands of the copper Chore Boy scrubbing pads wrapped around a nylon brush.. Make sure it copper and not copper clad. Magnet test.
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Old 09-12-2020, 11:10 PM
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Wipe out/sharpshooterR has a special blend for removal of lead from rimfire's.
That might save a lot of scrubbing.
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Old 09-12-2020, 11:13 PM
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The Lewis Lead Remover is the old standard.
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Old 09-12-2020, 11:53 PM
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I use a few strands of the copper Chore Boy scrubbing pads wrapped around a nylon brush.. Make sure it copper and not copper clad. Magnet test.
Yep! This shaves lead out quick. I like to get it clean then soak in kroil over night then hit it again the next day for a couple two three days. Gets the barrel supper clean with no elbow grease or effort. Like 56S said, make sure its the pure copper stuff.
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Old 09-13-2020, 12:36 AM
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In addition to the stated fixes, add JB Bore paste. Use with a patch wrapped around a worn bore brush with some Kroil on it, then daub on the JB. Short stroke through the bore, but don't reverse the brush in the bore.
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Old 09-13-2020, 02:44 PM
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I have kroil on hand and will use it after removal of the larger chunks using the Chore Girl copper pads. I have used Chore Girl strands to remove leading from revolver barrels in the past but thought there might be something better for the smaller 22 caliber bores.

I finally located my stash of this after an extensive search. We moved last October after 28 years in the same home and I still haven’t got all of my reloading & firearms related materials unpacked and organized.

I didn’t realize that 22 LR would lead bores like this given the low velocities- especially from revolver barrels.

Thanks for all the suggestions.
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Old 09-13-2020, 03:23 PM
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The Lewis Lead Remover is the old standard.

This ^^^^^^^ definitely for large bore revolvers.

For a 22 LR, the Chore Boy treatment followed up with a good soaking with Kroil as needed is probably a better solution. A 22 LR barrel will definitely lead-up fairly quickly, especially if you 're shooting lead wax coated bullets. One thing I have noticed over the years is that very smooth 22 LR barrels lead-up maybe more easily than slightly rougher bores. No idea why........

I have tried to shoot WW coated 22 LR bullets as much as possible as they seem to cause far less problems than cheapy promo ammo.

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Old 09-13-2020, 08:03 PM
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BCB, you're right , the 22 thing went right over my head. Thinking about removing lead, sorry.
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Old 09-13-2020, 08:11 PM
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I have also found that letting the 22lrs get too hot from blasting in a semi-autos can lead a barrel pretty quickly. I also found one particular brand of ammo that leaded quickly, and won't use that in any of my 22lrs anymore.
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