John W
A while back I bought a SW Performance 22 Victory
Sunday, March 28, 2021, 19:57

I went to our new steel range and fired about 300 rounds out of the pistol. I will be honest in that all I did in the past was run a Bore Snake through the barrel.

Today I noticed I had some failures of the bolt to go into full battery.

I figured that it was getting quite fouled so this evening I tried to run a Bore Snake through. Failed. It seemed something was blocking the bore.

So I took the gun down and conducted a thorough cleaning. I took a cleaning rod and it seemed that it did not want to go through. Wow. Something isn't right.

I peered down the barrel and it was incredibly fouled. I put the rod from the chamber end and slowly tapped it through.

I was very surprised at what happened next. I had a large shard of lead come out. It was about an 1/8 inch wide and almost a 1/2' long.

I have never seen a barrel so fouled as this. Now I did shoot some new Remington Lightnings which aren't the cleanest but in this day and age beggars can't be choosers.

I did run the rod through with a Hoppe's soaked patch. The next step is to let it sit overnight with a liberal amount of Hoppe's in the bore.

Another point is that the gun has a screw on compensator. That thing is clogged with lead. I did ream out some of the holes but it isn't perfect. I am soaking that in a bottle of Hoppe's and see what happens in a few days.

Just curious as to why the bore leaded so badly. I have a Ruger Mk4 Lite and shot as much out of it yet I do not have the same problem. I will add that I shot the Remington Lightning as well without issue.