22 LR Ammo question (Lead Build Up ?)
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- jstanfield103
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22 LR Ammo question (Lead Build Up ?)
I have no experience with lead build up in a 22 bore. But every now and again you hear of it. My question is. I shoot CCI SV a Lot and have recently switched to Federal Auto Match these two have a lubed lead bullet. I have also shot a lot of bulk federal 550 with the copper coating on them. I never shoot Remington. The lead bullets with out the coating on them, as anyone heard of them leading up a barrel ? I like the lesser velocity stuff for accuracy or is the copper coated best ?
Also just a side note I am looking to buy an older style Volquartsen target trigger with the wide blade, if anyone has one and would part with it give me an Email or PM so I could purchase it from you.
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Also just a side note I am looking to buy an older style Volquartsen target trigger with the wide blade, if anyone has one and would part with it give me an Email or PM so I could purchase it from you.
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Bullets
I switched from lubed lead to clad bullets many years ago after a particularly nasty incident involving several cases of lubed lead bullets in a vehicle (at a shooting area) on a hot AZ afternoon.
Lets just say it took a long time to clean up the individual cartridges. They were very sticky and fouling was severe.
Never bought lubed lead again for any .22 I own.
Lets just say it took a long time to clean up the individual cartridges. They were very sticky and fouling was severe.
Never bought lubed lead again for any .22 I own.
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I have shot many Bricks of CCI SV AND OTHER LUBED LEAD SUCH AS wPLF mt sk eLEY ,
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WS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY BARREL LEAADING PROBLEMS AND VERY RARELY EVER PUT A PATCH DOWN THE BARREL, UNLES STHE GROUPS sTART LOOKING LIKE SHOTGUN PATTERNS.
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WS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY BARREL LEAADING PROBLEMS AND VERY RARELY EVER PUT A PATCH DOWN THE BARREL, UNLES STHE GROUPS sTART LOOKING LIKE SHOTGUN PATTERNS.
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It seems that the only ammo being talked about on all the forums is Remington Thunderbolt. Don't know why I have never seen a box of them but I never buy Remington maybe that's why I have never seen them. My Dad only shot Remington way back in the day and he never even cleaned our gun's that I remember seeing. He liked the Remington because they used a wax coating that kept the barrel cleaner he would say. The must not have made the Thunderbolt back then ?
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waaay back in the day, yes they were good ammo, bit no more. Recently my youngest son came home and dug a box out of the corner of a basement closet that had not been opened for maybe 20 years. He gave me all the ammo that was in there.There was a brick of CCI Blazer inn a box I have never seen before. Also a box of Golden Bullets, have shot some but they were very erratic, Shot those old ones in my 597 race gun and was surprised at the small grouping The Blazers shot well also.
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Yes, there will be a buildup at some point. I shoot a wide variety of different 22 ammo, which possibly aggravates the buildup.
I had an epiphany last year regarding this (see link). Since reading a story in Precision Shooting a few decades back about ELY not cleaning their bores, I decided I would do the same, I was wrong. Lesson learned.
http://www.guntalk-online.com/forum/vie ... t=cleaning
http://s838.beta.photobucket.com/user/s ... s%20fouled
Now I clean the bores once a year, before outdoor season. So about every 5-10,000 rds.
FWIW
I had an epiphany last year regarding this (see link). Since reading a story in Precision Shooting a few decades back about ELY not cleaning their bores, I decided I would do the same, I was wrong. Lesson learned.
http://www.guntalk-online.com/forum/vie ... t=cleaning
http://s838.beta.photobucket.com/user/s ... s%20fouled
Now I clean the bores once a year, before outdoor season. So about every 5-10,000 rds.
FWIW
"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.” – George Washington
You convinced me I was cleaning .22's way too often. Now I clean them when the spirit moves me. The most moving spirits lately have been on the rocks, and haven't had too much to do with gun cleaning, no problems with leading so far.bearandoldman wrote:I have shot many Bricks of CCI SV AND OTHER LUBED LEAD SUCH AS wPLF mt sk eLEY ,
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WS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY BARREL LEAADING PROBLEMS AND VERY RARELY EVER PUT A PATCH DOWN THE BARREL, UNLES STHE GROUPS sTART LOOKING LIKE SHOTGUN PATTERNS.
Many years ago, back in the 50's, I remember flakes of lead coming out of the barrel of my old single shot .22 as I ran a bore brush through it. But I haven't seen that for many, many years. I still have that gun.....or rather my son has it and it doesn't lead up anymore. I shoot a lot of .22's in many different guns and haven't had barrel leading problems in any of them......not since the 50's.
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