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Old October 10, 2017, 05:34 PM   #26
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As Nick mentioned, this ("clearing" lead by following w/ jacketed) is not considered good practice.
That's why I only share my experience and stop short of recommending it. I'm just an old guy with old habits - and not necessarily good. The practice seems to work for me and my guns will likely be in fine working condition during my funeral service. I rather stopped investing time in trying to mitigate lead buildup in my guns.

What I really should be doing is looking for a local-ish gunsmith who specializes in slugging barrels and correcting cylinder throat diameters for optimization with lead bullets. The irony is that I don't even ask much from my lead ammo. None of my lead recipes that I still use exceed 950 f/s; and most are in the 750-ish range. If my guns were optimized for lead (I strongly suspect the culprit is the cylinder throats); with proper bullet diameter and hardness, I should be able to shoot extensively with next to no leading.
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Old October 10, 2017, 09:50 PM   #27
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Oh we've all got habits. I never take everything on the internet as gospel but it gives me somewhere to start and research. I appreciate it all regardless.
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Old October 11, 2017, 04:15 PM   #28
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Not sure if anyone mentioned this before, but the load manuals you mentioned have data for their own swaged lead bullets. Swaged Lead Bullets are soft. This is why you don't see load data in these manuals pushing these bullets over 1,000 FPS.

If you are using Hardcast Bullets they can be pushed faster, up to 1,500 FPS, with no leading issues.

I use the same SNS 158 gr SWC Hardcast Bullets you have and use data in the Hodgdon or Lyman Manuals for load data with these bullets. Works great.
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