rmrix
posted this
24 March 2021
Not wanting to sound dumb, ....okay. I'll ask anyway.
How does one know if there is "layer of carbon over layer of copper, over carbon, over copper, on and on and ...........".
Does it come off one layer at a time? one patch carbon, then the next patch copper and the next patch carbon?
There are times that I have wondered what might be built up on the inside of the bore. Often, cleaning made me feel good but I am not too sure the rifle shot any better or worse.
Years ago, like almost 50, I would shoot hot 44 mag cast loads ('cuz that was why I had a magnum) and then end the day with a round or three of jacketed. ...to supposedly rid the barrel of lead. I also owned a Lewis lead remover. I don't recall ever getting lead out with it except for the time and reason I bought it. A new Ruger Super Blackhawk shooting Hornady Frontier lead bullets I got with the purchase. Soft soft lead, and the rifling filled to the brim.
I really don't know much about layers of dirty fowling built up in the barrel.