Erich
Member
(Already posted this on TFL; my apologies to those of you having to see it a second time. )
Bought a Howell's conversion cylinder for the ROA last week. I'm quite happy shooting the gun with 777, but it's difficult to pour powder on windy days (of which our range has its share), so I figured the .45 Colt cylinder would help me enjoy a new favorite gun more often.
Had a bit of a conundrum about how to clean up afterward, as the wisdom goes that one should not use petroleum-based products on BP/BP-substitute barrels because they tar up. But there was some leading from the hardcast/smokeless loads I'd used (one thing about pure lead and BP-substitutes - no leading at all, so far). So, I used Kroil and regular solvents to get rid of the lead, then I used WD-40, a clean patch, and then brake cleaner and another clean patch to remove them and hopefully take it down to dry metal. Then I re-lubed with Ballistol. Hope that was the right thing to do.
Any of you experienced people have thoughts on this? I'd love to hear them.
Thanks in advance, erich
Bought a Howell's conversion cylinder for the ROA last week. I'm quite happy shooting the gun with 777, but it's difficult to pour powder on windy days (of which our range has its share), so I figured the .45 Colt cylinder would help me enjoy a new favorite gun more often.
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Had a bit of a conundrum about how to clean up afterward, as the wisdom goes that one should not use petroleum-based products on BP/BP-substitute barrels because they tar up. But there was some leading from the hardcast/smokeless loads I'd used (one thing about pure lead and BP-substitutes - no leading at all, so far). So, I used Kroil and regular solvents to get rid of the lead, then I used WD-40, a clean patch, and then brake cleaner and another clean patch to remove them and hopefully take it down to dry metal. Then I re-lubed with Ballistol. Hope that was the right thing to do.
Any of you experienced people have thoughts on this? I'd love to hear them.