Lead Solvent

[Blaine]

I was worried about the bumps of the rod on the barrel, so I slid a plastic gas line from a small engine over the rod.
I finally got all the listed cure items mentioned above and will get at it tonight.

Owen

[Mescalero]

Blaine,
I did the hydrogen peroxide and vinegar thing to no avail.
Is there a trick to it, how long to leave it in?

[Mescalero]

BTT,
Calling Blaine,
Earth to Blaine?

[Mescalero]

I am going to hold Blaine's feet to the fire.
What am I doing wrong?

[hightime]

I tried it all too. I came down to a little at a time. I guess I've got it now. The last fifty patches looked green after they dried. It must have been from the brush and the grey was gone. Time to shoot. Now to use a little lead removal after each session.

Owen

[Mescalero]

Don Mcdowel was right about the jag, I can feel the lead offering resistance to the patch as I push it through.

[Don McDowell]

I tried it all too. I came down to a little at a time. I guess I've got it now. The last fifty patches looked green after they dried. It must have been from the brush and the grey was gone. Time to shoot. Now to use a little lead removal after each session.

Owen

Now you need to get a good rod with a jag, and some proper solvent to go after the copper you coated your bore with before you shot the cast bullets, else wise you will turn that barrel into a lead sewer pipe again before you've done a magazine full.
Don't want to hear any whining about can't get a jag in from the breech, they make muzzle protectors so you can properly clean the barrel thru the muzzle.

[Blaine]

Paper Patch?? Inquireing minds want to know....

[Mescalero]

You did not answer my question.

[Blaine]

You did not answer my question.

I got away from the thread....It works best if you plug one end and fill 'er up and let it sit....I read this at Marlin Talk many, many moons ago. I have done it on my 1895GS after shooting 405 cast too fast...

[Mescalero]

How long?

[Old Time Hunter]

Hydrochloric Acid....works great! Little hard on skin though, eats straight to the bone if not diluted enough. 5% works fine, but wear gloves and rinse immediately otherwise it will dissolve the metal too.

Can guarantee it will dissolve the lead...and anything else it touches. But if you are into semi-micro qualitative analysis, it is your best friend.

[Mescalero]

Old time hunter,
Little too risky for me.

[Don McDowell]

It can also kill you in a matter or seconds if not mixed properly......

[Blaine]

How long?

I think I did an hour......a jag and a few patches later, I was satisified.

[Mescalero]

Thanks.

[Mescalero]

Blaine,
It worked really well, I will have to do it again, but you should have seen the junk that came out.

[Blaine]

Blaine,
It worked really well, I will have to do it again, but you should have seen the junk that came out.

The demonstration I saw was a fishing split-shot in a little vial of it....in an hour, it had crumbled. Thanks!

[Mescalero]

When I first started this Savage 99 .358 Win project, I was not sure if the barrel was salvageable , or whether or not it had rifling.
Now I can see well defined lands & grooves from back to front, looks like all that lead " protected " the barrels interior.

[Mescalero]

Also a big "thank you " to Don McDowell for insisting I buy and use a jag.

[Don McDowell]

[Mescalero]

The crud just keeps coming out and it keeps looking better!