simon1
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Your thoughts, feelings, and opinions.
I never had one before and my first kit arrived yesterday. I had shot some lead through my .38 and besides just giving it a cursory cleaning I had left some lead in the forcing cone and barrel to see how the kit would do.
This was my first time using it, so I may need some more experience, but the forcing cone attachment cut some of the lead, and I progressively pulled harder on the handle, but it didn't cut it well. I had soaked a patch in Number 9 and ran it through the bore and let it sit overnight first.
I then formed one of the copper patches for the bore attachment through a cylinder chamber, then put it in the bore and screwed out the little nut one-and-a-half turns like in the instructions. It pulled right through the bore without much pressure.
I then screwed the little nut on the end of the attachment down a little bit and it gave some more resistance, but didn't cut much. I may need to screw it in some more to fill the bore better, but I'm only getting one pass through the bore and can't scrub it. Then I have to unscrew the attachment, put the rod back through the bore, screw the attachment back on again, then make another pass.
I got a bit frustrated and went back to cleaning lead out like I have been doing for....oh, a week or so.
Took a .45 bore brush, soaked it in CLP, and scrubbed the heck outa the bore, then bent the .45 brush at a 45 degree angle at the stem and hit the forcing cone from the chamber end. Got much better results, but there are still some lead streaks in the rifling. Forcing cone looks better though, and I took the small end of a Hoppe's bronze brush and did a good job in the area of the frame at the top of the forcing cone (where flame cutting usually happens). Ran some CLP soaked patches, and a few dry, through the bore and it looks better.
I totally destroyed two .45 brushes.
I put a bit of Kroil on a patch and swabbed the bore, and am going to let that soak overnight and give it a good cleaning with .45 brushes tomorrow. Then shoot some jacketed bullets through it and give it another good cleaning with the .45 brushes and patches and see what happens.
Thoughts, feelings, and opinions?
I never had one before and my first kit arrived yesterday. I had shot some lead through my .38 and besides just giving it a cursory cleaning I had left some lead in the forcing cone and barrel to see how the kit would do.
This was my first time using it, so I may need some more experience, but the forcing cone attachment cut some of the lead, and I progressively pulled harder on the handle, but it didn't cut it well. I had soaked a patch in Number 9 and ran it through the bore and let it sit overnight first.
I then formed one of the copper patches for the bore attachment through a cylinder chamber, then put it in the bore and screwed out the little nut one-and-a-half turns like in the instructions. It pulled right through the bore without much pressure.
I then screwed the little nut on the end of the attachment down a little bit and it gave some more resistance, but didn't cut much. I may need to screw it in some more to fill the bore better, but I'm only getting one pass through the bore and can't scrub it. Then I have to unscrew the attachment, put the rod back through the bore, screw the attachment back on again, then make another pass.
I got a bit frustrated and went back to cleaning lead out like I have been doing for....oh, a week or so.
Took a .45 bore brush, soaked it in CLP, and scrubbed the heck outa the bore, then bent the .45 brush at a 45 degree angle at the stem and hit the forcing cone from the chamber end. Got much better results, but there are still some lead streaks in the rifling. Forcing cone looks better though, and I took the small end of a Hoppe's bronze brush and did a good job in the area of the frame at the top of the forcing cone (where flame cutting usually happens). Ran some CLP soaked patches, and a few dry, through the bore and it looks better.
I totally destroyed two .45 brushes.
I put a bit of Kroil on a patch and swabbed the bore, and am going to let that soak overnight and give it a good cleaning with .45 brushes tomorrow. Then shoot some jacketed bullets through it and give it another good cleaning with the .45 brushes and patches and see what happens.
Thoughts, feelings, and opinions?