"The Judge" Lead Removal

333smitty

333smitty

Tomball Gun Club
My Buddy has a Taurus Judge 45 Colt that shoots both 45 long Colt rounds (cast lead) and 410 shotgun shells.

He has a lot of lead build up in the groves of his barrel and has tried to remove it through conventional methods to no avail. I suggested to plug
the barrel and let it soak with a good solvent.

Does anyone have a better idea on how to remove lead from barrel? He wants to take it to a smith.

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
 
They make a tool called the Lewis lead remover.
It's a cleaning rod with a jag for each bore size and a round copper screen that you pull through the barrel.
You might give one of those a try.

Hal
 
I've had my best luck soaking in Kroil, then follow with TIGHT, DRY patches...takes those long slivers out of the rifling.

Also, shooting jacketed ammo after the lead will remove a lot of the lead

Jim
 
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Lead removal

Soak it with methyl alchol. It will disolve the lead. Completly submerg the barrel, cylinder, fire arm over night in a tupperware box.

Then scrub with nylon brush.

Nat Lambeth
 
I used Remington 40X bore cleaner on a patch wrapped around a nylon brush to remove it from my .44 and it worked very well. I have also heard, but haven't tried, firing jacketed bullets to remove it.
 
plug the barrel & let it soak with peroxide,works great
 
All that stuff is a real pains

Go to Wal-Mart in the laundry area. Get a couple of boxes of "Chore Boy". This is 4 "COPPER" balls. Cheap.

Open one of the balls and cut a piece off and wrap around a brass brush. The lead comes off in strips. Run it through 3 or 4 times and you're finished.

I use this method on my Springfield Loaded 45's.

Also, as Indiana said, shoot some jacketed rounds after the lead. It will take a lot of the lead out.
us
 
Roy Allain and jlmurphy,

Now THAT little smidget of information was worth twice't the price of admission!!

thank you both

al
 
Double check the Chore boy to make sure it`s copper and not coated steel wool before you buy. The branded type is copper but some of them are steel with coating. I wrap a few strands on a old worn bore brush, it works great on lead, you`ll be impressed.
BTW a little Kroil or other penetrating oil prior to cleaning helps loosen the lead IMO.
 
Alinwa

alinwa said:
Roy Allain and jlmurphy,

Now THAT little smidget of information was worth twice't the price of admission!!

thank you both

al
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I'm sorry, but I had to get it out.
 
Roy Allain said:
You're velcome. That's Yiddish for you're velcome.:D

A guy is visiting Hawaii. He stops a man on the street and asks; "How do you pronounce Hawaii? Is it Hawaii or is it Havaii? The man said it's Havaii. The visitor said thank you. And the man said, "You're Velcome":eek:

I'm sorry, but I had to get it out.
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al
 
"Also, as Indiana said, shoot some jacketed rounds after the lead. It will take a lot of the lead out."

This has never worked for me, it just makes it harder for me to see the leading with the naked eye. It seems to press the lead deeper into the grooves & make it harder to remove. Take a look at it with a borescope, you'll see what I mean.

Remove the lead with the Lewis Lead Remover, chore boy or 0000 steel wool.
 
no jackets

Davejones is right. Do Not use jacketed bullets to clean the lead out. This an old wives tale that leads to a train wreck. The 'Lewis Lead Remover' is a good tool.
The biggest cause of leading is bullets cast too hard and/or a slightly oversized barrel. The vast majority of cast bullets offered for sale on the store shelves are way too hard.

Wyatt
 
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