Re: Shooting lead and jacketed in same sesion?
Interesting. ??? I too have hard that one should thoroughly clean when switching from lead to copper and from copper to lead. I din't know that until I started reading gun rag. :-[ :
: : Maybe it's because I'm a lot better shot now than way back when I didn't know any better. : I did note in one article by Mike venturino that he thought is really didn't make any fifference. At one time, we even though that shooting a few jacketed bullets through the barrel after a session with cast bullets would "get the lead out." : : : Now we all know that that just irond the lead into the pores of the barrel's steel. On a very badly leaded barrel, shooting jacketed could and had risen pressures to the point that a gun was damaged.
The best and quickest way to remove lead from a barrel it to tightly plug the muzzle and fill the bore with mercury. Wait about five minutes and drain the mercury from the barrel, then run a tight patch though the bore. Whalla, no more lead. ;D 8) Problem is the EPA frowns on us peons owning mercury. Big freak out should you spill one little drop. So now we use smelly solvent that don't do squat and scrub away although wrapping a few strands from a Chore Boy pad does wonders for the process. Still, mercury was quick and easy to use. I kind of miss having that stuff around to "get the lead out". It worked.
Usually, if I plan to shoot lead ullets, that's all I take and the reverse if planning to shoot jacketed bullets. The other alternative is to take more than one rifle or handgun depending on what I feel like shooting.
Paul B.
Interesting. ??? I too have hard that one should thoroughly clean when switching from lead to copper and from copper to lead. I din't know that until I started reading gun rag. :-[ :
: : Maybe it's because I'm a lot better shot now than way back when I didn't know any better. : I did note in one article by Mike venturino that he thought is really didn't make any fifference. At one time, we even though that shooting a few jacketed bullets through the barrel after a session with cast bullets would "get the lead out." : : : Now we all know that that just irond the lead into the pores of the barrel's steel. On a very badly leaded barrel, shooting jacketed could and had risen pressures to the point that a gun was damaged.The best and quickest way to remove lead from a barrel it to tightly plug the muzzle and fill the bore with mercury. Wait about five minutes and drain the mercury from the barrel, then run a tight patch though the bore. Whalla, no more lead. ;D 8) Problem is the EPA frowns on us peons owning mercury.
Big freak out should you spill one little drop. So now we use smelly solvent that don't do squat and scrub away although wrapping a few strands from a Chore Boy pad does wonders for the process. Still, mercury was quick and easy to use. I kind of miss having that stuff around to "get the lead out". It worked.Usually, if I plan to shoot lead ullets, that's all I take and the reverse if planning to shoot jacketed bullets. The other alternative is to take more than one rifle or handgun depending on what I feel like shooting.
Paul B.
