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Not sure why I have never paid attention to this, but I picked up one at the gun club. Our manager said he had used it and it would really do well cleaning stainless.

I have been shooting a LOT of lead through my S&W 625 .45acp revolver, and even though I clean it often, I never could get rid of the black stain on the the exit end of the cylinder. Well, I cut a piece off and it did great dang cylinder looks new. It did remove some lead from the barrel, but I am not convincewd on that part yet. It did do a great job anywhere there was an accumilation of black residue from pwder and lead etc.

I am prpbably the last to try this but on the off chance someone else hasn't used it I will say "give it a try".

Here is a link to Sears although I am sure there are other sources.

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The Lewis Lead Remover from Brownells does a marvelous job of cleaning lead from the bore, cylinder and forcing cone of handguns. The lead removal cloth is more for surface lead like cylinder faces etc.

MoJo wrote:The Lewis Lead Remover from Brownells does a marvelous job of cleaning lead from the bore, cylinder and forcing cone of handguns. The lead removal cloth is more for surface lead like cylinder faces etc.

I'll have to agree with that 100%. The hard gunk it removed from the surfaces that had BAD buildup was what impressed me. The only other time I have put a dent in it on the frame was with a very careful scraping with a blade. I didn't like that so this is MUCH better.

I recently bought some lead remover cloth called "Lead Away". It is a KleenBore/Safariland product. I just did what the package said, cut patches of it and ran it in and out of the revolver cylinders. I have the cheapskate habit of shooting .38 Special rounds in my .357 magnum revolvers and the cylinders get leaded up pretty bad. This product did a GREAT JOB getting the lead buildup out. I had tried all the normal stuff, and even chucked a bronze brush in a cordless drill and ran it with Hoppes #9 with no success. I'm happy with the stuff I bought and I'll buy it again when it runs out.

MoJo wrote:The Lewis Lead Remover from Brownells .

Yep, that is my favorite too.

Heartland Patriot wrote: I had tried all the normal stuff, and even chucked a bronze brush in a cordless drill and ran it with Hoppes #9 with no success.

If someone doesn't want to buy the Lewis Lead Remover, the other approach that really works well is to wrap a piece of Copper Chore Boy around the bronze brush. That gets the lead right out.

Jumping Frog wrote:

MoJo wrote:The Lewis Lead Remover from Brownells .

Yep, that is my favorite too.

Heartland Patriot wrote: I had tried all the normal stuff, and even chucked a bronze brush in a cordless drill and ran it with Hoppes #9 with no success.

If someone doesn't want to buy the Lewis Lead Remover, the other approach that really works well is to wrap a piece of Copper Chore Boy around the bronze brush. That gets the lead right out.

Be careful and check the Chore Boy that it is copper. I've seen some that copper coated steel.

We always shot some JHPs after the wadcutters. That cleans it up where the brush and cleaner will work.