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A big +1 for the Lewis Lead Remover kit.
All the old revolver shooters had them and unlike other methods that may not be safe or quick, the Lewis works perfectly and fast, with no chance of damage to the gun.
It literally pulls the lead out.
Very importantly, the Lewis tool has a special cone head used to clean leading, copper, and carbon fouling off the critical forcing cone.
Even if you only shoot jacketed bullets the Lewis tool will keep build up off.
One suspect in the cracked S&W "K" frame barrels was that the forcing cones were often badly fouled.
The trick for using the Lewis tool is to back the nut off for the first passes.
That prevent damaging the rubber plug.
For the penny pincers, you can wrap 100% Copper Chore Boy strands around a bore brush.
WARNING..... Many of these "copper" pot scrubber pads are actually copper plated stainless steel and will ruin a barrel fast. make sure it's genuine 100% copper.
This can clean the bore, but only the Lewis tool can really clean the forcing cone.
For cleaning chambers a faster/better way is Brownell's bronze chamber brushes.
These are not just over sized, they have stiffer bristles then bore brushes.
One pass is usually all that's need to clean a chamber.
Don't use stainless brushes in guns, they're for guns in such bad shape you have nothing to loose.
If you want to use chemistry, soaking the bore with Kroil overnight works as well as anything and the leading can be brushed out.
As for other chemicals.....any chemical or substance that will dissolve leading will dissolve YOU first.
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