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Have you ever shot wax bullets? That was a very interesting read. But my question that I didn't see was the effects of the wax on the inside of the barrel. I understand wax probably will not damage the barrel but would it make it hard to clean especially if it were to harden inside the barrel?
I love this idea though definitely something to consider once I get my 357
It won't damage anything. Its extremely soft compared to lead or copper, after all. I've never tried the above recipe, but have used 100% paraffin and magnum primers. I used to run them through a Taurus 85 with no issues, and expect to try them in my Ruger soon now that I scored some Magnum primers.
It is a bit of a PITA to clean, yes. If clean up after shooting jacketed bullets is a "1" and cleaning up after shooting lead bullets is a "10" on the PITA scale, wax is about a "4". I just set aside one bore brush for wax only. Run that bore brush through it a few times, patch it, run a soft bore brush through it, patch, then clean like you normally would.