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Mick B
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I have decided to try Gum Turpentine as a method for removing barrel lead, In the past I have used "Birchwood Casey Lead Removing Cloth" which seemed to do the job OK but has to be imported from the US. What I want to know is the procedure for using the turpentine. Any advice would be appreciated as I really don't want to re invent the wheel.
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Mick,
I haven't needed it personally, but know some folks who use this method. Coat bore with turpentine (the real stuff), let it sit for a bit to penetrate if you're not impatient, then saturate a tight patch with it and push it through. Some use a VERY tight patch (on large bore BPCR rifles) and tap the patch through the barrel with a rubber hammer. Personally, I'd try a patch just tight enough to take strong effort by hand, and I'd be sure to use a good stiff rod and a bore guide.
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straight fp-10 works very well for me and a number of others.
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1st) Ed's Red (E.R.) on a patch
2nd) Let it soak
3rd) Bronze brush
4th) Tight patch
5th) Repeat #3 with more E.D.
6th) Repeat #4
7th) Finish with a polish job using J.B.'s on a
tight patch.
8th) If you see lead residue, repeat #1 thru 7 If
you see no lead, you're done !
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I clean the bore with a patch and water (for blackpowder) and then a dry patch. If cleaning smokeless, I use a patch and nitro solvent (take your choice of your preferred). Then, if there is lead visible in the bore, I wet a tight patch with turpentine, and push it through the bore. it will squeak and clean out the lead in large strips and flakes. Repeat if necessary. The patch must be tight enough to get into the grooves and stip out the lead. Use thicker patches if necessary, or more than one patch on the jag.
When all the lead is gone, wipe thoroughly with a dry patch and lube the bore with oil or bullet lube.
I used to have a complex routine such as others have posted above with multiple patches, brushes, letting sit, JB's bore paste etc. When I went to turpentine, one or sometimes two turpentine patches replaced all the other stuff. It's amazing how well it works.
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Thankyou all, I just wanted to be sure before I started.
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I used "lead removing cloth" in one of my rifles back in the late eighties. The more I used it the worse the barrel leaded. Finally had it re-barreled.
Bev Pinney had a screamer Miller/Smith rifle that was tearing everyone up on the bench. He even shot a 250 with irons on the rifle. Then one day he got some lead in the barrel. Said it just started doing it and that he was going to use LRC on it. Told him what happened to my rifle, Bev basically told me to shut up. I shut up and Bev wound up re-barreled the rifle.
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I have used the lead removing cloth with no ill affects / decline in accuracy and or barrel life. My barrel a 32 Douglas 15 twist has over a 140,000 rounds down the barrel and it still averages 5-5 shot 100yd. groups at or under a 1/2 inch and it does it consistently.
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JLouis wrote
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I have used the lead removing cloth with no ill affects / decline in accuracy and or barrel life. My barrel a 32 Douglas 15 twist has over a 140,000 rounds down the barrel and it still averages 5-5 shot 100yd. groups at or under a 1/2 inch and it does it consistently.
JLouis
My experience cured me. Won't use it. Might be there are different types? The cloth I used was called "forcing cone cleaner". A yellow sticky cloth.
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The one I use is called "Lead Clean Gun Cloth" by Pro-Shot, it is also a yellow cloth and it is not at all sticky. Shot with / against Bev Pinney at the 2006 CBA Nationals and all though he wasn't very social he is a very serious and capable competitor.
JLouis
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Mick;
My experience is the turpintine with a tight dry patch. May need to work to get this patch thru, but I have never had to use a hammer. Bore reconditioning after this opetatipon is a must. There are various methods of doing this, mine is "precision 1000" bp lube worked back into the barrel with a patch saturated with it. Mind you I shoot only BP.
Good luck
Cary
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Try Shiloh Rifle Bore Solvent. Think it will solve your lead problem.
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plug the bore and pour it full of mercury.
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Mercury works great, but I thought citizens couldn't buy it anymore.
Ballards are best!
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Amazon has 1 pound bottles for about $100. Mercury can easily be handled safely but if you spill it in your shop/gun room the cleanup is going to be a real expensive PITA. Disposal is also a problem.
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