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Art Eatman · January 1, 2001, 04:55 PM

I wouldn't worry about leading while at the range, unless you're trying for a 1,000-round day. The harder the bullet, the less the leading.

I've shot a lot of pretty soft lead bullets in my 1911s. It's easy to see the leading in the barrel. The normally-sharp lands have "ramps" of lead built up against them. It's worst nearest the chamber.

I bought a little gizmo called a "Lewis Lead Remover". It has a rubberoid cone which is threaded to fit onto a cleaning-rod looking shaft-with-handle. Onto the cone you fit a circular bronze screen (much like a cleaning patch, but very coarse). Pulling this rig through the barrel removes some 90% or 95% of the lead in two or three passes. After that, it's regular cleaning procedures.

Hope this helps,

Art

January 1, 2001, 04:55 PM	#3
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	I wouldn't worry about leading while at the range, unless you're trying for a 1,000-round day. The harder the bullet, the less the leading. I've shot a lot of pretty soft lead bullets in my 1911s. It's easy to see the leading in the barrel. The normally-sharp lands have "ramps" of lead built up against them. It's worst nearest the chamber. I bought a little gizmo called a "Lewis Lead Remover". It has a rubberoid cone which is threaded to fit onto a cleaning-rod looking shaft-with-handle. Onto the cone you fit a circular bronze screen (much like a cleaning patch, but very coarse). Pulling this rig through the barrel removes some 90% or 95% of the lead in two or three passes. After that, it's regular cleaning procedures. Hope this helps, Art