cleaning lead residue from barrel

[smoker]

Hi all!
I shoot alot of lead slugs in door and outdoor ranges. I have a 18.5" Remington barrel with an elevated bead sight and ghost ring in back. I only mention that cause there a couple barrel types Remington makes and not sure what of if ther is a coating like chromium
Lining the inside.
Anyway guys and girls I have tried shotgun cleaners with brush and mops and remove a little. Can someone advise me if there is a different product to "get the lead out?" or if this barrel is the type not good metal to shoot lead slugs.
Thanks all...

Smoker.

[Vitaly]

Hi all!
I shoot alot of lead slugs in door and outdoor ranges. I have a 18.5" Remington barrel with an elevated bead sight and ghost ring in back. I only mention that cause there a couple barrel types Remington makes and not sure what of if ther is a coating like chromium
Lining the inside.
Anyway guys and girls I have tried shotgun cleaners with brush and mops and remove a little. Can someone advise me if there is a different product to "get the lead out?" or if this barrel is the type not good metal to shoot lead slugs.
Thanks all...

Smoker.

Smoker, I really like Shooters' Choice chemicals, like Lead Remover

They really work and make cleaning much easier.

[RichNZ]

Leaving a good lead solvent in the barrel for 5 mins will go a long way to making less scrubbing. Depends where you are in the world, but most gun shops will have at least a few to choose from. I like the foaming kind myself, but that's probably the kid in me! Then brush brush brush.

On the school guns we'd occasionally treat them to a phosphor bronze brush&solvent with the cleaning rod in a slow speed electric drill, followed by a soft mop with some bore paste. They'd get filthy being workhorses - used all day every day (except Sundays and Christmas), but that would always make the bore like new.

[Synchronizor]

There are a number of good bore cleaners out there. I use Hoppe's, myself. RichNZ is correct that letting a good solvent soak in can save a lot of work.

or if this barrel is the type not good metal to shoot lead slugs.

Soft lead slugs aren't going to do much to the steel of the barrel. If you had a rifled shotgun barrel, leading would be more of an issue with these types of slugs, but a smoothbore barrel shouldn't give you any trouble if you take care of it.