This is completely off-topic except that it involves bore fouling so pass by on the other side if not interested. I've got a Ruger Vaquero which was pretty badly leaded up from CAS shooting (not by me). I decided to go with the lead removal method of 50/50 mixture of hydrogen peroxide and white vinegar suggested by one of the Ed's Red "home remedy" sites. First I patched out the barrel with carb cleaner and covered the barrel and ejector mech with a liberal coat of petroleum jelly as the instructions said this stuff is deadly to bluing. Then corked the muzzle, propped it up muzzle down in a cardbd box with cutout for the grip and filled with eye dropper. Said the stuff would foam but it foamed only very slightly and did not overflow. Said do this for 2-3 minutes no longer. So I timed it, dumped the solution, and patched out. Got a lot of gunk but there was a lot of lead remaining particularly in the throat so I repeated this two more times. Still getting black patches but not slimey and still a lot of lead. I decided that mechanical abrasion was the only way so wrapped .45 brush with 4/0 steel wool, dipped in the solution, scrubbed, patched out with a jag and tight patch. Kept doing this until I got a clean patch and what I can see of the throat looked clean. Put an Ed's Red-soaked patch thru it three times and got no fouling so I put a Ballistol patch thru it and put it away wet. Awful lot of brushing! I don't think there'd be any muzzle damage as I used a muzzle guard on the pistol rod but I am wondering just how much of this sort of cleaning the bore can take? How do you attack this task? TIA
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