thanks to some of our members and Steve Kelley of WC fame, I bought some WC swc reloads with very light recoil. These will serve to break in my hand after I progress from 22 lr> 9mm>.45 acp
NOW a patient of mine( ex LEO and long time shooter) is claiming that SWC(lead bullets) ammo will F up my guns and barrels.
Steve told me it should not be an issue. he suggested shooting some 230 gr hardball every so often to clean out the barrel.
I methodically field strip and clean every gun w ith breakfree or kroil every 100 rounds shot. wipe everything down a nd relube--due to my OCD I guess.
what advice do you fanatics have pertaining to this kind of ammo and what kind of post shooting clean up issue s I may have--and how to solve them without damaging the guns?
as an aside--I am NOT going to use metal bore brushes a s they would really do a # on the barrels and rifling IMHO. I prefer gentle cleaning to keep the guns functioning well
NOW a patient of mine( ex LEO and long time shooter) is claiming that SWC(lead bullets) ammo will F up my guns and barrels.
Steve told me it should not be an issue. he suggested shooting some 230 gr hardball every so often to clean out the barrel.
I methodically field strip and clean every gun w ith breakfree or kroil every 100 rounds shot. wipe everything down a nd relube--due to my OCD I guess.
what advice do you fanatics have pertaining to this kind of ammo and what kind of post shooting clean up issue s I may have--and how to solve them without damaging the guns?
as an aside--I am NOT going to use metal bore brushes a s they would really do a # on the barrels and rifling IMHO. I prefer gentle cleaning to keep the guns functioning well