I keep seeing articles where when the subject of barrel leading is brought up the blame instantly is blamed on to soft an alloy. If not that then a rough bore. Am I the only one who cringes every time someone says that?
In my experience most leading that I have encountered has been caused by undersized bullets more than anything else. With undersized bullets I have experienced more leading with a hard alloy than I have with a soft one. The soft one will to bump up to bore size upon firing whereas the hard one will not allowing gas cutting and leading.
I have found very few cases where I couldn't shoot over sized bullets (.001 -.002) without leading.
Then again I could just be full of it.
Michael
In my experience most leading that I have encountered has been caused by undersized bullets more than anything else. With undersized bullets I have experienced more leading with a hard alloy than I have with a soft one. The soft one will to bump up to bore size upon firing whereas the hard one will not allowing gas cutting and leading.
I have found very few cases where I couldn't shoot over sized bullets (.001 -.002) without leading.
Then again I could just be full of it.
Michael