Lead Remover Cloth

c.robertson · April 6, 2011, 09:07 AM

Hope to get a quick reply.

I have been cutting Birchwood Casey lead remover cloth into cleaning patch size to clean lead from the barrel.
Is there anything wrong with that? It seems to do a really great job removing lead and carbon, but does it present any other problems?
And yes, I clean the barrel with Butch's Bore Shine, then dry patch & oil patch last step.

arcticap · April 6, 2011, 09:49 AM

According to the product description on Amazon, it's recommended to cut it into smaller sections:

Quote:

...Can be cut to size for removing unwanted residue inside the chamber, cylinder, forcing cone, bore and choke....

http://www.amazon.com/Birchwood-Case...pr_product_top

**4V50 Gary** · April 6, 2011, 10:09 AM

I think that's what Lead Remover Cloth was intended for. I've done it but take care you don't allow it to touch any of the exterior bluing. Drag it through the forcing cone toward the muzzle when you use it.

c.robertson · April 6, 2011, 10:34 AM

Thank you.

My concern was using it in the bore of chrome molly barrels. I have cleaned barrels that produced clean patches with various cleaners, then used the lead remover patches only to come out with a LOT more black. This was with jacketed bullet shooting.

Hawg · April 6, 2011, 11:29 AM

if you want to really clean copper fouling use ammonia and water. Plug one end and fill the bore and let it sit a little while then pour it out and clean it normally. Don't get any on bluing tho it will take it off.

Andy Griffith · April 6, 2011, 12:34 PM

No, it won't harm the barrel, but it will take off the bluing if you rub it on any blued surface.

sewerman · April 8, 2011, 09:08 PM

wouldn't inexpensive pot scrubber `chore boy' work?

very soft pure copper purchase at most grocery stores & ace hareware stores.

i have had excellent luck using C.B. to remove leading from my black hawks & rifles when shooting lead cast.
S.M.

kwhi43 · April 8, 2011, 09:16 PM

Sotch Brite pads cut to size is the thing to use.

Wildalaska · April 8, 2011, 10:53 PM

Get one of those Pro Shot tactical kit and use the lead cloth cut to shape and as heretofore indicated, drag it through the forcing cone

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FrontierGander · April 8, 2011, 11:50 PM

the BC Lead cloth works great. You want a nice tight fitting patch though.

April 6, 2011, 09:07 AM	#1
c.robertson Senior Member Join Date: October 23, 2009 Location: Grain Valley Mo. Posts: 102	Lead Remover Cloth Hope to get a quick reply. I have been cutting Birchwood Casey lead remover cloth into cleaning patch size to clean lead from the barrel. Is there anything wrong with that? It seems to do a really great job removing lead and carbon, but does it present any other problems? And yes, I clean the barrel with Butch's Bore Shine, then dry patch & oil patch last step.

April 6, 2011, 10:09 AM	#3
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,841	I think that's what Lead Remover Cloth was intended for. I've done it but take care you don't allow it to touch any of the exterior bluing. Drag it through the forcing cone toward the muzzle when you use it. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

April 6, 2011, 12:34 PM	#6
Andy Griffith Senior Member Join Date: May 14, 2009 Location: Macon Co. NC Posts: 591	No, it won't harm the barrel, but it will take off the bluing if you rub it on any blued surface. __________________ Barney Fife: "Nip it, nip it, nip it!" Andy Griffith:"Oh now Barn'...."

April 8, 2011, 09:08 PM	#7
sewerman Senior Member Join Date: December 30, 2005 Location: hurricane alley, florida Posts: 304	wouldn't inexpensive pot scrubber `chore boy' work? very soft pure copper purchase at most grocery stores & ace hareware stores. i have had excellent luck using C.B. to remove leading from my black hawks & rifles when shooting lead cast. S.M. __________________ "When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny!" Thomas Jefferson "They that can give up an essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety!" Benjamin franklin The Armed Citizen PREVENTS tyranny!

April 8, 2011, 11:50 PM	#10
FrontierGander Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2009 Location: Boncarbo,Colorado Posts: 651	the BC Lead cloth works great. You want a nice tight fitting patch though. __________________ https://buckskinsbp.blogspot.com/

April 6, 2011, 10:34 AM	#4
c.robertson Senior Member Join Date: October 23, 2009 Location: Grain Valley Mo. Posts: 102	Thank you. My concern was using it in the bore of chrome molly barrels. I have cleaned barrels that produced clean patches with various cleaners, then used the lead remover patches only to come out with a LOT more black. This was with jacketed bullet shooting.

April 6, 2011, 11:29 AM	#5
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,190	if you want to really clean copper fouling use ammonia and water. Plug one end and fill the bore and let it sit a little while then pour it out and clean it normally. Don't get any on bluing tho it will take it off.

April 8, 2011, 09:16 PM	#8
kwhi43 Senior Member Join Date: August 21, 2008 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,393	Sotch Brite pads cut to size is the thing to use.

April 8, 2011, 10:53 PM	#9
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,172	Get one of those Pro Shot tactical kit and use the lead cloth cut to shape and as heretofore indicated, drag it through the forcing cone WildiamspazzinghereAlaska ™©2002-2011