,38 in .357 lever action mirror thread

[CT_Shooter]

Welcome to the forum from CT. Glad you joined us. Thanks for the link and the testimonial. Interesting product.

Shooting .38 Specials in the BB .357 mag.

Howdy,
For several years, I would only shoot 357 plated round nose bullets. I then started reloading and switched to Rainier flat nosed plated 158 gr for both 38 and 357. I ran into the problem of the infamous 'crud ring' in the barrel. Then I remembered this:

http://www.big45metalcleaner.com/

Works really well to get the ring out of the barrel in just a few swipes. Tear off a piece and wrap it around the bronze bore brush and run it thru a few times and the bore is totally shiny. It also works well to remove any light rust from neglected guns including blued guns with no harm to the finish.

Check it out at the link. I've used it on my S&W 28-2 357 mag and it works as advertised.

Good Luck,
DayOne

[Cofisher]

Sounds like a good addition to the cleaning kit. Thanks.

[JEBar]

I haven't been able to find it but a good while back there was a thread about using a commercial home scouring pad that looks like a larger version of the one pictured in the link ....

[markiver54]

Might be just fine, as mfr says. However, the concept of any metal down the cylinders or breach, makes me cringe a bit.
Who knows...for the price I might try it. Looks like it would work on other things around the house, if I don't use it on guns.
Thanks for the link!

[Mistered]

Hmm, kinda old school so I'll stick with brushes, patches and bore mops.

[Mags]

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Too over priced. 1 sponge for $6. On Amazon I can buy 16 of the sponges for about $8.
https://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Scrubb ... 214&sr=8-7

Shooting .38 Specials in the BB .357 mag.

Howdy,
For several years, I would only shoot 357 plated round nose bullets. I then started reloading and switched to Rainier flat nosed plated 158 gr for both 38 and 357. I ran into the problem of the infamous 'crud ring' in the barrel. Then I remembered this:

http://www.big45metalcleaner.com/

Works really well to get the ring out of the barrel in just a few swipes. Tear off a piece and wrap it around the bronze bore brush and run it thru a few times and the bore is totally shiny. It also works well to remove any light rust from neglected guns including blued guns with no harm to the finish.

Check it out at the link. I've used it on my S&W 28-2 357 mag and it works as advertised.

Good Luck,
DayOne

[Vaquero]

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One more time:
NEVER LOAD .357 LEVEL IN .38 SPECIAL CASES!!!

Any questions?

Very sound advice, in my opinion.

RP

[Travlin]

A few for what it's worth comments. When I first started reloading for my old model Colt Trooper .357 in 1969 a friend who was in the Air Force came by one night and handed me a fifty caliber ammo can full of once fired .38 special military brass. From then on most of my thousands of reloads for the Colt were put up using that brass. I found that I could shoot many of those and then easily chamber factory full power .357 loads without cleaning the chambers. I never had difficulty extracting any of those rounds. So when I read about the .38 "crud ring" I am puzzled. Maybe I was just lucky.

[Mistered]

So when I read about the .38 "crud ring" I am puzzled.

Crud ring buildup will vary depending on the particular load - specifically the powder used and velocity.

[Travlin]

Good point. I used to load 5 1/2 grains of Unique in the 38 cases with my own hard cast 158 grain S.W.C. sized to .356 . I shot too many to remember and never had any leading in a 6 inch Trooper 357. Those were military cases so were a little thicker than RP. or W.W. cases.