{"id":806,"date":"2024-01-11T23:14:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T23:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/?p=806"},"modified":"2024-01-11T23:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T23:14:45","slug":"gun-cleaning-get-the-lead-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/?p=806","title":{"rendered":"Gun Cleaning: Get The Lead Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- image --><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure> <noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Get-the-lead-out-feature-768x496.jpg\" alt=\"Gun Cleaning: Get The Lead Out\" title=\"Gun Cleaning: Get The Lead Out\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author\u2019s old-style can of Shooter\u2019s Choice lead remover and the Tornado brushes he uses to clean the bore when he has \u201cscrewed up.\u201d Note that the company has updated the current packaging design.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-look-at-the-author-s-simple-recipe-for-getting-all-the-lead-out-when-cleaning-a-gun\"><strong>A look at the author\u2019s simple recipe for getting all the lead out when cleaning a gun.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you ever get a chance to read some of the seminal gunsmithing books\u2014books written more than a half-century ago (in some instances more than three-quarters of a century)\u2014you\u2019ll be horrified.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the concoctions they used for bluing and rust and lead removal were simply toxic. Back then, there was no Brownells; if you wanted it, you had to make it yourself. Today, some of the home mixes you might find online aren\u2019t any better.<\/p>\n<p>But, you\u2019ve got a leaded bore \u2026 so what do you do to remove the lead?<\/p>\n<p>I do a lot of testing, and I do a lot of reloading, both for practice (practice ammo) and R&amp;D. That means that sometimes I end up with a grungy bore. The solution is simple: one can and one brush. I use Shooter\u2019s Choice lead remover and scrub the bores with Hoppe\u2019s Tornado brushes.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the various caustic, corrosive and borderline lethal mixes you read about, Shooter\u2019s Choice is merely \u201cpetroleum distillates.\u201d I\u2019ve got a bachelor\u2019s degree in chemistry, and \u201cpetroleum distillates\u201d covers a lot of ground, but it isn\u2019t like you\u2019re using reactive materials that can create lethal compounds.<\/p>\n<p>But they do say not to leave it in the bore overnight, so take at least some care, OK?<\/p>\n<p>One \u201chome remedy\u201d creates lead acetate as a byproduct, and that stuff is nasty. There\u2019s an old saying in chemistry and medicine: Dose makes the poison. Well, lead acetate isn\u2019t something you can just shrug off. Instead of chemically reacting to the lead, the Shooter\u2019s Choice works on the bond between lead and steel, and that\u2019s where the brushes come in.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"800\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shooters-choice-lead-remover-back.jpg\" alt=\"Shooters-choice-lead-remover-back\" class=\"wp-image-292077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shooters-choice-lead-remover-back.jpg 800w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shooters-choice-lead-remover-back-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shooters-choice-lead-remover-back-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shooters-choice-lead-remover-back-696x450.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shooters-choice-lead-remover-back-650x420.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The list of ingredients of the lead remover is simple: nothing caustic, abrasive or reactive \u2026 and nothing to create nasty byproducts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Hoppes Tornado brushes aren\u2019t made with bristles. Instead, the brush is a cylinder of springy stainless-steel loops, ones that scrub on their edges\u2014not their ends. This means you have less abrasion on the bore and the tops of the lands than the bristle style creates.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the loops can\u2019t reach down into the corners of the grooves as well, but once I\u2019ve gotten the bulk of the lead out (and rather easily, I might add), I can use a bronze brush for a few strokes. OK, two brushes then, not just one.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-swipe-and-shine\"><strong>Swipe And Shine<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The process is simple: run a patch with a bore cleaner, any cleaner, down the bore to mop out the powder residue. Then, a dry patch. A patch wet with the Shooter\u2019s Choice is next. Let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes. The hardest part is the waiting. Then, scrub with the Tornado brush, a few passes with a bronze to clean it up and <em>voila<\/em>, done.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shooters-choice-lead-remover.jpg\" alt=\"shooters-choice-lead-remover\" class=\"wp-image-292078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shooters-choice-lead-remover.jpg 800w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shooters-choice-lead-remover-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shooters-choice-lead-remover-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shooters-choice-lead-remover-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shooters-choice-lead-remover-672x420.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shooters-choice-lead-remover.jpg\" alt=\"shooters-choice-lead-remover\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-292078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shooters-choice-lead-remover.jpg 800w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shooters-choice-lead-remover-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shooters-choice-lead-remover-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shooters-choice-lead-remover-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shooters-choice-lead-remover-672x420.jpg 672w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The new design is a lot more eye-catching than the old, but the results are the same: It gets the lead out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I developed this routine at Second Chance, the bowling pin shoot, where it was common to go through ammo by the thousands of rounds in the weeklong match. This process also worked miracles on shotguns to get the lead and plastic out from days of shooting buckshot and slugs. Although, for that I had to go with a Chore Boy bronze pot scrubber, as there were no Tornado brushes for 12-gauge back then.<\/p>\n<p>After checking up on Shooter\u2019s Choice, they changed the packaging; I still have a few more tins of the old label left, so I\u2019ll keep using them.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and pay attention to what got you into this mess, and don\u2019t do it again, OK?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong>\u00a0This article originally appeared in the February 2024 issue of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gundigestservice.com\/customer\/subscribe.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gun Digest the Magazine<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>More On Gun Cleaning:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-28\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"border: 2px solid #e5e5e5; padding: 20px; border-radius: 10px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-271572\" src=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/44-Targetposters-pack-GD-reduced-300-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"44-Targetposters-pack-GD-reduced-300\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-271572\" src=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/44-Targetposters-pack-GD-reduced-300-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"44-Targetposters-pack-GD-reduced-300\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #333; text-align: center;\">Next Step: Get your FREE Printable Target Pack<\/h2>\n<p>Enhance your shooting precision with our 62 MOA Targets, perfect for rifles and handguns. 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