monotonous_iterancy
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Today I shot a .17 hmr. I shot maybe 15 rounds through it. So a few hours later, I tried to just do a basic cleaning. I take the bolt out, but nothing I have will fit in the bore. My segmented brass cleaning rod will fit, but stick anything on the end, and I have problems. For starters, I don't have a patch jag that small, so I try to push a patch through with just the rod. It pokes through. Then I manage to make it go in, but just a little. It gets stuck. I managed to get it out by putting the rod in the muzzle end and banging into it a few times.
Then I tried taking a .17 bore brush and wrapping a patch around it. It also got stuck, and I tried to budge it, but it wouldn't come out. I had to use needle nose pliers. After that, I quit trying.
Do I need specialized equipment for a .17?
Then I tried taking a .17 bore brush and wrapping a patch around it. It also got stuck, and I tried to budge it, but it wouldn't come out. I had to use needle nose pliers. After that, I quit trying.
Do I need specialized equipment for a .17?