Barrel 38 spec. heavily leaded

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Cleaning the barrel of my S&W 52-2 I noticed that it was heavily leaded only at the beginning of the rifling and impossible to remove even with a copper brush. Can you recommend a product to remove the lead in that part?

I use a mix of Hoppes and Kroil for a long time on any of my pistols that shoot lead. For jacketed bullets i use boretech eliminator along with JB on a VRT pellet. Works extremely well.

ser2711 wrote:Cleaning the barrel of my S&W 52-2 I noticed that it was heavily leaded only at the beginning of the rifling and impossible to remove even with a copper brush. Can you recommend a product to remove the lead in that part?

If you can see the lead, then you can scrape it out with a sharpened piece of heavy-gauge copper wire.  It takes a while, but it works--and it's not going to damage the bore.  I've used the technique on my 52 as well as my 1911 wad gun.

Regards,

David

Whatever your favorite mix of snake oil is, I think "the secret is the soak".  I just did an experiment on cleaning a .22, but I strongly suspect it applies equally to removing lead:

https://www.bullseyeforum.net/t24417-changed-weekly-cleaning-process-for-hs-107-supermatic-citation-lsp-barrel-might-be-helping-improve-accuracy#209319

I certainly know that the longer you can let Kroil do its thing, the better.