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A buddy's has a old barrel that is really leaded up,what is the best way to clean it up?
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Get a bronze scrubbing pad, unfold it, cut about a 1" square out of it, and wrap it around a patch wrapped around a smaller nylon brush... nylon brush inside patch inside bronze. Do not let the whole assembly exit the muzzle. Just bring the tip flush with the crown.
It will scour out the lead and leave you with little piles of shavings at the muzzle and breach.
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I bought some Shooters choice lead remover and it seems to work ok but you have to repeat the process a few times on barrels that have heavy lead deposits.
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What denton said. A good pre-scrub soaking with Kroil can help too.
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Kroil and Butches is good juju....
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A 50-50 mix of white vinegar and hydrogen peroxide will dissolve lead like butter in a hot frying pan. I used it for years to remove heavy lead deposits from slug guns with no ill effects.
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Kroil is your friend for lead removal. As has been said, soak it a good while (overnight is good) and then just push the lead out with a brush or a tight patch. May take more than one application if really bad.
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Kroil and Butches is good juju.... Yep, it is.
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Shoot a couple jacketed bullets through it.
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A 50-50 mix of white vinegar and hydrogen peroxide will dissolve lead like butter in a hot frying pan. I used it for years to remove heavy lead deposits from slug guns with no ill effects. The only reply in this thread from someone with a clue. IOW, the rest of you should be listening to Blackheart on gun-cleaning, not offering advice. I'd add to run HOT water through it afterward or blow it out well with compressed air to dry the bore thoroughly.
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Shoot a couple jacketed bullets through it. Crude but somewhat effective, on Glock 9mm anyway. Maybe KABOOM city with a Glock 40.
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Who said anything about a glock? Those things are pretty much disposable anyway, right? 
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A 50-50 mix of white vinegar and hydrogen peroxide will dissolve lead like butter in a hot frying pan. I used it for years to remove heavy lead deposits from slug guns with no ill effects. The only reply in this thread from someone with a clue. IOW, the rest of you should be listening to Blackheart on gun-cleaning, not offering advice. I'd add to run HOT water through it afterward or blow it out well with compressed air to dry the bore thoroughly. 'tard Glad you could jump in to "help". Anymore outstanding advice by others you could offer?
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A 50-50 mix of white vinegar and hydrogen peroxide will dissolve lead like butter in a hot frying pan. I used it for years to remove heavy lead deposits from slug guns with no ill effects. The only reply in this thread from someone with a clue. IOW, the rest of you should be listening to Blackheart on gun-cleaning, not offering advice. I'd add to run HOT water through it afterward or blow it out well with compressed air to dry the bore thoroughly. Tard, I wouldn't do that to any barrel, even a lowly Glock. Laughing big time at this. Think it's popcorn time waiting for your next attempt at dispensing great knowledge. 
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Glockturd sure sounds a lot the old dumbass take a knee
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When I've led someone to water, yet they're too stupid to drink, I'm perfectly content to watch them die of thirst.
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If you're going to do something like vinegar and peroxide, keep the exposure short and carefully clean up afterward. Neither item is good for steel.
Household peroxide is only 3%. If you put your finger in the close to 100% industrial stuff, the joke is that you'll pull back a bone.
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When I've led someone to water, yet they're too stupid to drink, I'm perfectly content to watch them die of thirst. Do as you wish, it's your barrel to ruin. Just to let you know stupid I am not, and not dying of thirst either as I know when someone has taken me to a poisoned well.
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Get a bronze scrubbing pad, unfold it, cut about a 1" square out of it, and wrap it around a patch wrapped around a smaller nylon brush... nylon brush inside patch inside bronze. Do not let the whole assembly exit the muzzle. Just bring the tip flush with the crown.
It will scour out the lead and leave you with little piles of shavings at the muzzle and breach. "Chore Boy" pure copper is your friend for heavy lead.
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When I've led someone to water, yet they're too stupid to drink, I'm perfectly content to watch them die of thirst. Do as you wish, it's your barrel to ruin. Just to let you know stupid I am not, and not dying of thirst either as I know when someone has taken me to a poisoned well. Like I said. Used it a bunch on lots of my own and my customers barrels with no ill effects. It will completely remove the heaviest lead deposits effortlessly in a matter of minutes.
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