I have a Ruger Alaskan 454 with a 2 1/2" barrel. It appears I have some lead fowling in the throat and I cant get it all out. We were shooting lead bullet 45 colt loads back and forth with full house loads of 454. Normally I clean my guns right away but I find revolvers a pain in the butt to clean and I knew we were going to shoot it again in a few weeks so I chose to just leave it dirty. After shooting it Saturday I gave the barrel a 2 day soak in Hoppes, that's when I noticed the lead fowling. I gave it another 2 day soak in wipe out but its still there. I tried some copper removers as I've had luck in the past with them pulling stubborn fowling (Montana extreme and Sweets), both removed a little more but some is still there. Aggressive brushing with brass and nylon brushes too. I love this gun and its mint except for this. Is there something else I could try that attacks lead?
I've only had this problem once before in a shot gun that was giving me slug problems, after 75 rounds and a very sore shoulder we figured out the problem. The barrel was very lead fowled to say the least, the only way I could get it out was with one of those stainless tornado brushes. It worked great in a smooth bore shot gun barrel, I'm not running one of those in this gun though.
Thanks, John.
I've only had this problem once before in a shot gun that was giving me slug problems, after 75 rounds and a very sore shoulder we figured out the problem. The barrel was very lead fowled to say the least, the only way I could get it out was with one of those stainless tornado brushes. It worked great in a smooth bore shot gun barrel, I'm not running one of those in this gun though.
Thanks, John.