barrell lapping?

[schloss]

My wife bought me a percussion revolver for Valentine's Day. It's really fun to shoot, but the bore is coarse, to the point where it tears up patches when I clean it. It's primarily just a burr along the edges of the rifling - I don't understand why they even bother rifling the barrels on these revolvers.

I was thinking that I had heard of pouring some molten lead or a lead mix directly into the barrel and drawing it through, but can't find anything. Any help?

 

[Birddog6]

Before I would go thru all of that, I would try a scotchbrite pad on a jag 1 caliber smaller than the bore & scrub the H out of it. Then try it again. :thumbsup: Cut a circle of scotchbrite large enough to cover the lands on the jag, then spray it good with some WD40 or Ballistol & work it in there & start swabbing it. Or you could try some 0000 steel wool on a jag & lubricant. You can get the scotchbrite at the grocery stores where the cleaners & sponges & etc. are.

 

[Roy]

I agree :thumbsup:

 

[schloss]

hadn't even thought of using scotchbrite pad like that. I'll give that a try when I can get the chance.

 

[bingo1952]

I would think that on a revolver fire lapping would be an option. A 10-15 grain powder charge. A cylinder full of balls with a little 300 grit lapping compound applied to the balls after seating with a Q-tip follwed by your normal chamber grease and then repeated with 500 and 800 grit compound should give you a slick bore. Clean well after doing this to remove any remaining compound that may have been sprayed around by firing.