Cleaning ported barrel

mutski · January 25, 2007, 02:52 AM

How do you clean the lead buildup in the ports of a ported barrel (Taurus Tracker .357)

singleshot · January 25, 2007, 09:24 AM

Carefully... most use a twist drill a little smaller than the port and turn it by hand.

My experience with other systems- don't have a Taurus- is that they tend to be self limiting as the pressure from subsequent rounds blows out some of the fouling from prior shots.

Alerion · January 25, 2007, 10:23 AM

I've always had pretty good results with a round wooden toothpick.

Tom

sasquatch · January 25, 2007, 10:27 AM

Yep. A round wooden toothpick and Hoppe's #9.

mutski · January 25, 2007, 01:33 PM

Thanks, I'll try the toothpick. I'm a little afraid that a drill bit might damage the ports.

DBski · January 25, 2007, 01:48 PM

I use Q-tips soaked in Hoppes

January 25, 2007, 02:52 AM	#1
mutski Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2006 Location: fairbanks, alaska Posts: 127	Cleaning ported barrel How do you clean the lead buildup in the ports of a ported barrel (Taurus Tracker .357)

January 25, 2007, 10:23 AM	#3
Alerion Senior Member Join Date: January 13, 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN Posts: 287	I've always had pretty good results with a round wooden toothpick. Tom __________________ Well, sometimes we’d travel right down the green river To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie hill. Where the air smelled like snakes and we’d shoot with our pistols But empty pop bottles was all we would kill. -John Prine, Paradise

January 25, 2007, 10:27 AM	#4
sasquatch Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2005 Location: Western WA Posts: 1,347	ported barrel Yep. A round wooden toothpick and Hoppe's #9.

January 25, 2007, 09:24 AM	#2
singleshot Senior Member Join Date: October 1, 1999 Posts: 162	Carefully... most use a twist drill a little smaller than the port and turn it by hand. My experience with other systems- don't have a Taurus- is that they tend to be self limiting as the pressure from subsequent rounds blows out some of the fouling from prior shots.

January 25, 2007, 01:33 PM	#5
mutski Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2006 Location: fairbanks, alaska Posts: 127	Thanks, I'll try the toothpick. I'm a little afraid that a drill bit might damage the ports.

January 25, 2007, 01:48 PM	#6
DBski Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Location: Canton Mi Posts: 372	I use Q-tips soaked in Hoppes