Can I wash the metal part of my shotgun (double-barrel) with hot water to ease in wiping the lead off ?

I am tired of wiping it with pull-thru cloth it takes so long. will it work if i just pour in hot water? I hope it wont get rust as a result? Any other tips ??Can I wash the metal part of my shotgun (double-barrel) with hot water to ease in wiping the lead off ?
boiling water should be poured down the barrel in either of two cases. 1) you are shooting ammo with mercuric primers. 2) you are shooting a blackpowder rifle.


water will only cause it to rust if you leave it wet, but since you're cleaning it, it would only be common sense that you would dry it and oil it afterwards, same as you would not leave solvent in your bore, you wouldn't leave water.





hot water will not ease removal of lead. water stops getting hot at 100 degrees C, lead melts at ~330 degrees C





in order to remove lead fouling buy a good bore solvent (hoppes no.9, boretech's shotgun foormula, remington britebore)


run a soaking patch through the barrel from the breech end, remove patch once it's out the muzzle and pull rod back through, leave it to work for the time proscribed on the bottle then run a lightly moistend patch through, remove it and run dry patches through until they come out clean.


if they dont come out clean after about 5 then start again with a soaking patch.


once you've got clean dry patches coming out then you can run an oiled patch through the bore, give the whole gun a wipe down with an oiled rag and lock it back in the gun room.


hope this helps





Can I wash the metal part of my shotgun (double-barrel) with hot water to ease in wiping the lead off ?
I assume you must be shooting slugs through your shotgun if you are getting lead deposits in the barrel. If you are just shooting shot, then there IS no leading of the barrel as the shot is contained in a plastic ';cup'; and the shot pellets themselves never come into direct contact with the inside of the barrel. The cup falls away shortly after leaving the shotgun's muzzle.





Never use water to clean a modern firearm as rust can and will develope if not removed completely. Use a proper firearm cleaning kit sold for that purpose to prolong the life of your shotgun.
If your bore is very dirty, the pull-through cleaning systems will not work well enough.





You need a good cleaning kit with a cleaning rod, brass jag for patches, and a suitable bore brush. The brush will loosen all the lead (and probably plastic fouling if you were not using slugs), and the tight fitting patch on the jag will help push it all out.





Use a good solvent on the patches, and you should have no problems.





I recommend Butch's bore shine, but there are several shotgun-specific cleaners that are very good. MPro-7 works well without being too stinky as well (great on powder, but not as well on lead/copper).
The only time you should ever use water on a gun is for a muzzleloader, and then get it dry as quickly as possible.





For regular guns, water should never touch them.





It takes me less than 10 min to clean a gun, if I want to be very thorough, it may take 30 min. Clean at the end of every shooting session, and it shouldn't be difficult, especially for a double barrel.
Water and guns do not mix. Even if you have a stainless steel gun, water promotes rust. Get a good gun cleaning kit and use some solvent designed to remove lead. You might try Bismuth ammo also as that is not lead so does not leave anything behind. Or steel shot if you have a modern shotgun vs one 20+ years old.
Dude wtf, water NO!





Use a bore brush and some bloody solvent that will rip the stuff out of there. Might sound silly but the crud in your barrel is most likely plastic from the wads and some lead.





Either way do it properly and use the right gear, your local gunsmith will help you.





Cheers, Witty.
No, go to Walmart and get the bore cleaning and lead %26amp; copper removal products they have for that purpose.* Reasonably priced, and work great.*
Water won't help get the lead out. You need a solvent and a brass bore brush. A $25 shotgun cleaning kit will really help you out, speeding the process up.
The smell of cleaning solvents can be unbearable at times when cleaning your gun but that's the only way to do it if you want to keep a gun in its original condition
There lots of shotgun tips at http://www.gohuntinggofishing.com/
The only thing that water will remove is corrosive salts that collect when you shoot black powder...not the case here.








Clean it properly.
Sell your shotgun to someone who will take proper care of it. You don't deserve it.
they do make special brushes for lead deposit, not the brass kind, and find a gun cleaner solution made for lead
You should never use water to clean a gun.....that's like wiping before you poop....it just don't make sense.
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