I keep one of those kind of waxy-yellow lead-deposit-wipe-away cloths in my kit.  Cutting it into cleaning patches and running it through with a tight jag really cleans the bore and doesn't seem to harm anything.
  I don't remember the name of the wiping cloth, but they used to be common in the gunshops  they were real common for cleanup when shooting lead bullets with revolvers.  I bought a couple years ago and kept them sealed in plastic bags.

someone else may know the exact name and a current source

btw, the liner may actually be harder steel than the original barrel was

    Thanks I'll give it a try!
Wayne r

In the old days the Lewis Lead Remover did a very good job.
But if you want to get your barrel super clean and really get all the lead out use mercury, if you can find any.
 S T

toolmkr wrote on Jan 25^th, 2010 at 4:48pm:


You can get a LITTLE bit from EACH flourescent bulb.  They should be banned!  All the bad ones going straight into the landfill.  At least lead doesn't get into the water table.

I had some leading in hot weather in my very first Schutzen rifle. Someone gave me a piece of forcing cone cleaning cloth. A tacky yellow abrasive cloth. It got the lead out. The barrel leaded again, I used the cloth again. The more I used the cloth the faster the barrel leaded. When I moved from Colorado to the PNW the barrel continued to lead in about five shots in cool weather. I tried everything to get that barrel to stop leading. I sent the rifle off for a new barrel, same maker. It does not lead and I have never used that cloth again. 

Bev Pinny had a Smith barreled Miller rifle that shot 250s pretty regular. It was the most accurate rifle shooter combo in the PNW and Canada. One day at a match I heard him say that the barrel was leading and he couldnt get it to stop. During the conversation he mentioned he had been using forcing cone cleaning cloth. I told him about my experience but he told me I was full of  ***t. I shut up. 
The next season he had replaced the barrel because it wouldnt stop leading no matter what he tried. 

My guess is the cloth has a carborundum dust or diamond dust impregnated in the cloth. Does it come off the cloth and imbed in the steel? I dont know. I do know for sure that I will never use it ever. I wont even have it in my shop should I mistakenly push it through a barrel.

3 or 4 ot steel wool on a tight patch works for me.

More of my two cents.

         Joe.  

I agree Dave. A wet patch of #9 let it sit for a while and most if not all the lead comes out with a tight patch. 

            Joe.

QuestionableMaynard8130 wrote on Jan 25^th, 2010 at 9:03pm:


It's available in 30/32 caliber...Brownells probably won't admit it, but that was one of my suggestions, mainly for the Cowboy Action crowd.

David