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'C' models - barrel cleaning
5/28/2012 12:44:00 AM
I have a 3rd Gen model 19C and I have a cleaning question.
First off, the gun is new. I just picked it up and took it shooting for the first time. While cleaning the barrel afterwards, I noticed that there are streaks of lead in the grooves immediately after the port holes running all the way to the end of the barrel. I soaked the inside of the barrel with Hoppes Elite gun cleaner for like 20 minutes and scrubbed it with the stock nylon bore brush - none of it came out. Am I doing it wrong?
Is this normal for ported barrels? Should I be concerned?
First off, the gun is new. I just picked it up and took it shooting for the first time. While cleaning the barrel afterwards, I noticed that there are streaks of lead in the grooves immediately after the port holes running all the way to the end of the barrel. I soaked the inside of the barrel with Hoppes Elite gun cleaner for like 20 minutes and scrubbed it with the stock nylon bore brush - none of it came out. Am I doing it wrong?
Is this normal for ported barrels? Should I be concerned?
5/28/2012 8:04:52 AM
Don't be concerned, but when you do want to clean a barrel, get a real bore brush and use that nylon brush to clean your dog's teeth! 
5/31/2012 9:41:30 PM
Lead or copper?
6/1/2012 10:22:15 PM
Use a brass brush.
6/3/2012 11:04:08 PM
my 19C does the same thing. use a copper brush.
