Lead Fouling

[tacfoley]

Phosphor bronze brush and a lot of elbow grease. Surprising that you have lead fouling though - mine never gets lead fouling - what have you been firing - what load?

There is an alternative to the brush. Birchwood Casey Lead Remover Cloth. It's really intended to remove the blackening you get on the face of nitro revolver cylinders, but I have successfully used it on barrels. It is a bit of a faff to wrap the correct thickness on a jag, and will need to be re-wrapped frequently to maintain a tight fit to the barrel. Don't worry that it has gone black - it actually works better when it is black.

Good idea, however, this is another occasion when you should have looked back over the ML forum and seen sage advice from your uncle tac.

B-C lead removing cloth is pretty costy here in yUK, but there IS a viable and MUCH cheaper alternative!

Kleeneze 'miracle cloth' appears to be ZACKLY the same thing, is TWICE as much for your money, and HALF the cost of the B-C product.

I've been using it for years.

Works.

I have to ask what you are using for lead, let alone what load you are using. I've been shooting my ROA since March 2nd 1986 - most weekends, and I've NEVER encountered leading of any kind in any part of the barrel. The load has always been the same - 30gr of 3Fg or the sub equivalent, so it's not a pussycat load we are talking about here.

tac