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<blockquote data-quote="NikatKimber" data-source="post: 907053" data-attributes="member: 423"><p>Leading is small amounts of lead from the bullet being left in the bore of the barrel. As mentioned in previous posts, amount of leading varies. If the bullet is soft going too fast in a dirty barrel, you can get enough lead in the barrel that it is visible, even enough that you can flake it off. I had this happen with some of my own cast bullets that were nearly pure lead before I knew that I needed to clean the barrel, the bore of one of my .38s looked like a smooth bore. All lead bullets will leave some lead behind, the goal is to minimize this. This is done by using harder bullets for faster velocities, different bullet lubes, and starting with a clean barrel</p><p></p><p>The reason to clean before switching from copper to lead and vice versa, is that no matter what kind of bullet used, there will be some small trace amount of it left in the bore. This is referred to as "fouling." This will be there even if you cannot "see" it. Copper fouling from jacketed bullets will cause lead bullets to lead the barrel faster, or lead fouling will increase the rate of copper fouling. This is the reason I have a couple guns I shoot only one or the other through.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NikatKimber, post: 907053, member: 423"] Leading is small amounts of lead from the bullet being left in the bore of the barrel. As mentioned in previous posts, amount of leading varies. If the bullet is soft going too fast in a dirty barrel, you can get enough lead in the barrel that it is visible, even enough that you can flake it off. I had this happen with some of my own cast bullets that were nearly pure lead before I knew that I needed to clean the barrel, the bore of one of my .38s looked like a smooth bore. All lead bullets will leave some lead behind, the goal is to minimize this. This is done by using harder bullets for faster velocities, different bullet lubes, and starting with a clean barrel The reason to clean before switching from copper to lead and vice versa, is that no matter what kind of bullet used, there will be some small trace amount of it left in the bore. This is referred to as "fouling." This will be there even if you cannot "see" it. Copper fouling from jacketed bullets will cause lead bullets to lead the barrel faster, or lead fouling will increase the rate of copper fouling. This is the reason I have a couple guns I shoot only one or the other through. [/QUOTE]
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