One thing I wanted to mention for those of you who are new to cast bullets, and something I learned for myself I wanted to share, the reason for checking and removing leading is increasing the accuracy of your Sixgun. In my experience thus far shooting cast bullets, if your accuracy is opening up and getting worse, check for it. Every time I’ve had a decrease in accuracy, I start seeing signs of leading.
More good stuff JC! An alternative in case someone does not have the Lewis Lead Remover is to wrap a cleaning brush with strands of copper Choir Boy kitchen cleaning pads. I do that as my normal lead cleaning. I learned that from Bill Wilson's 1911 booklet and thought I would pass it along.
For those of us older folks before there was such lead remover tools was before leading got too bad we would shoot a FMJ/ball round through the bore to clean out "most" of the lead to make cleaning easier with lead and copper solvent. Some folks have mistakenly thought that it would drive up pressure but if the leading is so bad that it drives up pressure then it would not matter what bullet you shoot, the pressure would be high regardless. Like you said the sure sign of leading is the loss of accuracy. Thanks for sharing.
Hey JC Wasn’t expecting to see a new video tonight. You’re spot on. If you shoot cast you need a LLR in your kit. I got my first one in the early 80’s. Still use that one and have others. They last. Excellent topic and video.
Very cool, Joey. I will have to check this product out, I didn’t even know it existed. I don’t shoot a ton of lead bullets but I do out of my SAA and clones so I should probably pick this up.
It’s a shame LBT is no more. I don’t know if his lube prevents leading better than Alox/beeswax blends, but it’s almost smokeless. Hopefully, someone picks up his formula.
I’ve been using Rim Rock for my 45 Colt, but haven’t picked up any in .357. I’m a big fan of their product! I’ve been using the hornady swaged mainly because I got them cheap to experiment and plink with.
I’ve been studying on the old FBI load. Soft swaged bullets at 900ish FPS. That was one reason I picked up the Hornady. I’ve yet to test expansion, but I’ve got the speed down with them. I have some actual Winchester X38SPD I’m gonna do a video on soon. It’ll be the base for future comparisons I think.
@@j_c_hunt I have a box of old Federal (1986) that I have not got around to shooting yet. There’s a place in my area that sells new old stock ammo, including the Remington Wadcutters and those are absolute tack drivers. I trust older ammo than most new. I do find the fbi load the most fascinating round due to the lore behind it. It’s also important that we keep revolvers relevant.
