I hit the local indoor range too. I do a lot of testing on my 1911's I work on there.
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I've avoided shooting any type of jacketed rounds in my target .45s. Until recently. I was at the range shooting lead with a pistol that I'd had significant leading in previously. It took an hour to remove the lead from the barrel with a stainless brush. A friend had some loads that were copper plated lead and he couldn't get them to load in his pistol so I tried them out. I noticed that when I removed the barrel for cleaning, there was no lead build up present even though I'd fired about 200 rounds in that session. Now I pop a round or two of copper plated lead before I leave the range and I've noticed that clean up takes minutes and I'v noticed no depreciation in accuracy.
100 rds. of low pressure loads, such as .38 special wadcutters, isn't going to cause a significant amount of leading.
I've avoided shooting any type of jacketed rounds in my target .45s. Until recently. I was at the range shooting lead with a pistol that I'd had significant leading in previously. It took an hour to remove the lead from the barrel with a stainless brush. A friend had some loads that were copper plated lead and he couldn't get them to load in his pistol so I tried them out. I noticed that when I removed the barrel for cleaning, there was no lead build up present even though I'd fired about 200 rounds in that session. Now I pop a round or two of copper plated lead before I leave the range and I've noticed that clean up takes minutes and I'v noticed no depreciation in accuracy.
I've tried Bayou in the past and been happy with them but I still prefer Badman first, then MBC. I shoot almost exclusively the Bullseye#1. http://missouribullet.com/details.php?prodId=56&category=5&secondary=13&keywords=Have you tried coated lead? Works great, and very inexpensive.
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I've avoided shooting any type of jacketed rounds in my target .45s. Until recently. I was at the range shooting lead with a pistol that I'd had significant leading in previously. It took an hour to remove the lead from the barrel with a stainless brush. A friend had some loads that were copper plated lead and he couldn't get them to load in his pistol so I tried them out. I noticed that when I removed the barrel for cleaning, there was no lead build up present even though I'd fired about 200 rounds in that session. Now I pop a round or two of copper plated lead before I leave the range and I've noticed that clean up takes minutes and I'v noticed no depreciation in accuracy.