Leaded 410 barrels help needed

[Dean Romig]

I edited my previous post.





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[ArtS]

I once bought an old Kettner hammer drilling at Jaquas for almost nothing. The 9.3 rifle barrel looked like a third shotgun barrel with no visible rifling. (This was a 9.3x72 which was always loaded with lead bullets.) I plugged the barrel with a rubber cork, stood it on the muzzle and poured it full of a lead removal solvent. Left it about a day, emptied and cleaned, and the bore was literally pristine. That ws the most leaded barrel I had ever seen.

With the shotgun, the 45 pads would seem to be a good bet. That is one of the things they are designed to do.

[Dakota Jeff]

You might try a Lewis Lead Remover.They are used for hand guns but you might be able to attach to a longer rod for your application.Brownells has them in 41 caliber.Im sure other shooting supply centers carry them also.

[Researcher]

In this day and age are we really talking lead, not wad plastic build-up?

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

In this day and age are we really talking lead, not wad plastic build-up?

I "clogged" my barrels with plastic years ago from Skeet shooting but the lead fouling I referred to earlier in this thread was from previous owners shooting shells produced before the plastic shot cups were introduced.
The plastic was relatively easy to remove, though it was a repetitious job with a plastic solvent and a repeated bore brushing... but my bore brush really got clogged with plastic...





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[Pa SxS]

Try a Frontier 45 pad or a copper wool pad wrapped around a bronze brush + oil. Hand scrub or chuck the rod in a variable drill.

[classicioi]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

In this day and age are we really talking lead, not wad plastic build-up?

This little Belgium 410 was made in 1931 and hasn't been shot in many many years. There was virtually no plastic build up but plenty of lead. I shipped the barrels to Skeet's Monday and Dean confirmed today the build up was lead. He will work on getting the bores clean.