Originally Posted By tink77:
If you use Hoppe's # 9 solvent, to remove lead from the barrel, how long would you leave it in the barrel? I going to plug the barrel and pour it in and let it set. Just wondering how long to let it set.
That's, like, the last thing I would do to one of my barrels with any cleaning solution that contains ammonia.
My barrels are IMMACULATE! I use any of the following methods:
1. Clean with either Flitz Metal Polish, Simichrome Metal Polish, Iosso Bore Cleaner, or, 'Lead Away' clothes. All of these products contain IDENTICAL cleaning chemicals and work very well on lead and guilding metal deposits.
2. An overnight soak in either Ballistol, or Break-Free, 'CLP' prior to scrubbing out the barrel.
3. Gunslick Foaming Bore Cleaner. Wait for up to one hour before you start scrubbing.
If you pre:treat your bores with products like Sentry Solutions, 'Smooth-Kote', or, 'FrogLube' you won't have to worry about ANY bullet metal sticking to the inside of the bore.
NOTES: 'Smooth-Kote' is extremely slippery; BUT it becomes hygroscopic AFTER the gun has been fired. (NOT a big deal if you clean your guns at the end of the day.)
FrogLube, on the other hand, will become tacky after it sits on the gun for a few weeks. (Once more, NOT a big deal. Just use a hair dryer and some heat to make it slippery, again.)