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I am geting ready to use my new press, and was wondering if there was any feeding issues with using LRN with my 995????
SW I am not doubting you, but could you please show me a link somewhere that backs up that statement?the biggest issue is when a shooter fires lead ammo and then tries to fire jacketed ammo without cleaning. the results can be spectacular. In short, dont do it. Pressures can double or more from the bore restriction with leading when jacketed bullets are fired.
SW
Im not talking about milsurps that have had jacketed bullets shot through them. Im talking about pure lead bullets. Pure lead bullets leave far more fouling in a barrel than a copper jacketed round does.SW I am not doubting you, but could you please show me a link somewhere that backs up that statement?the biggest issue is when a shooter fires lead ammo and then tries to fire jacketed ammo without cleaning. the results can be spectacular. In short, dont do it. Pressures can double or more from the bore restriction with leading when jacketed bullets are fired.
SW
I have loosened up years of crud an helped cleared the bore of several milsurps that had crap in the grooves of the rifling by firing them.
I figured that there would be no real difference in pressure between the grooves being full already and the bullet not expanding as much as it went out of the barrel.
Thanks!
Sometimes things don't come out the way I intend, but I will try it again. I have bought milsurps that you could not see any rifling in the bores because of rust or years of built up crud.I'm not talking about milsurps that have had jacketed bullets shot through them. I'm talking about pure lead bullets. Pure lead bullets leave far more fouling in a barrel than a copper jacketed round does.SW I am not doubting you, but could you please show me a link somewhere that backs up that statement?the biggest issue is when a shooter fires lead ammo and then tries to fire jacketed ammo without cleaning. the results can be spectacular. In short, dont do it. Pressures can double or more from the bore restriction with leading when jacketed bullets are fired.
SW
I have loosened up years of crud an helped cleared the bore of several milsurps that had crap in the grooves of the rifling by firing them.
I figured that there would be no real difference in pressure between the grooves being full already and the bullet not expanding as much as it went out of the barrel.
Thanks!
Also I'm throughly confused by what you said about a bullet "expanding". The bullet stays the same diameter from when its loaded in the chamber to when it exits the barrel. bullets are sized to the groove of the rifling in the barrel and the rifling cuts into the bullet to make it spin. When the rifling grooves are full of crap (lead fouling) the bullet fits tighter by a few thousands in the bore and pressure spikes. This is not a big deal when constantly shooting lead bullets because lead has far more give than a copper jacket does. The copper jacket doesn't give when it hits the lead fouling.
To your reference of shooting a gun to help clean it, if you would look down the barrel with a bore scope before and after you would find that any powder fouling may be gone but a close inspection reveals that there are particles of jacket material embedded in the bore. Having the gun hot makes this material easier to remove after sitting in storage for years. You can do the same thing by using a good bore solvent and metal fouling remover.
SW
Actually the stuff you see in a milsurp barrel (usually) is porous and there isnt much actual mass there while lead buildup is SOLID. Also you are correct when you say a jacketed bullet will pick ujp the lead as it goes by. it will and the lead it picks up makes the bullet harder to push down the barrel and thus the pressure rises.Sometimes things don't come out the way I intend, but I will try it again. I have bought milsurps that you could not see any rifling in the bores because of rust or years of built up crud.I'm not talking about milsurps that have had jacketed bullets shot through them. I'm talking about pure lead bullets. Pure lead bullets leave far more fouling in a barrel than a copper jacketed round does.SW I am not doubting you, but could you please show me a link somewhere that backs up that statement?the biggest issue is when a shooter fires lead ammo and then tries to fire jacketed ammo without cleaning. the results can be spectacular. In short, dont do it. Pressures can double or more from the bore restriction with leading when jacketed bullets are fired.
SW
I have loosened up years of crud an helped cleared the bore of several milsurps that had crap in the grooves of the rifling by firing them.
I figured that there would be no real difference in pressure between the grooves being full already and the bullet not expanding as much as it went out of the barrel.
Thanks!
Also I'm throughly confused by what you said about a bullet "expanding". The bullet stays the same diameter from when its loaded in the chamber to when it exits the barrel. bullets are sized to the groove of the rifling in the barrel and the rifling cuts into the bullet to make it spin. When the rifling grooves are full of crap (lead fouling) the bullet fits tighter by a few thousands in the bore and pressure spikes. This is not a big deal when constantly shooting lead bullets because lead has far more give than a copper jacket does. The copper jacket doesn't give when it hits the lead fouling.
To your reference of shooting a gun to help clean it, if you would look down the barrel with a bore scope before and after you would find that any powder fouling may be gone but a close inspection reveals that there are particles of jacket material embedded in the bore. Having the gun hot makes this material easier to remove after sitting in storage for years. You can do the same thing by using a good bore solvent and metal fouling remover.
SW
This would be similar to having the rifling full of lead, correct?
Well I simply shot 100 rounds or so of jacket ammo and when you look down the barrel you can see rifling, which means that the bullets actually helped to clean the barrel.
Being that lead is a soft metal, it would seem to me that shooting jacketed rounds through the barrel would do basically the same thing, which is take some of the lead out with every shot.
As long as the bullet exits the barrel I do not understand how it could build up a lot more pressure or anything of the sort.
I will admit, maybe its just my ignorance, but that is my take on this subject
You can cast lead bullets as hard as you like but they will still plug up the gas system of a desert eagle.The only "pure" lead bullets are muzzleloader round balls. ALL other bought LRN are a mix of about 2-4% tin and 6-10% antimony. This results in a hard lead bullet, and when combined with a good hard bullet lube (the blue, red, ect. "wax" ring in bullet groove) results in very, very, very little leading in barrels. I imagine that someone casting their own bullets can come up with a very soft alloy that would cause bad leading and/or gas operation problems. But if using a good HARD lead bullet with a good bullet lube leading in a barrel is more of an eyesore to the person holding the bore scope than anything else.