Master Blaster
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I know that this is a controversial topic and that there are two schools of thought.
one is to clean after every shoot and the other is that you should not clean a .22 cause you will wear out the rifling/ barrel crown.
lately because I have been shooting so much, I have fallen into the never clean camp . That is until two weeks ago, when I discovered RUST in the barrel of my 10/22. I had shot it about 10 days before and put 200 rounds through it. It was stored in my safe in the air conditioned part of the house not the basement.
I was surprised when I found the light coat of rust in side the entire bore the outside of the rifle had a usual light clp wipedown and there were no signs of rust on the outside, the rust cleaned out fine, but it made me check and clean and CLP all of my other .22lrs. None had rust in them but the 10/22.
I now think that it is a good idea to clean a .22lr after every shoot. The smokeless powder, is not corrosive but it is hydroscopic it attracts moisture that may cause rust.
To clean or not what do all of you think?
one is to clean after every shoot and the other is that you should not clean a .22 cause you will wear out the rifling/ barrel crown.
lately because I have been shooting so much, I have fallen into the never clean camp . That is until two weeks ago, when I discovered RUST in the barrel of my 10/22. I had shot it about 10 days before and put 200 rounds through it. It was stored in my safe in the air conditioned part of the house not the basement.
I was surprised when I found the light coat of rust in side the entire bore the outside of the rifle had a usual light clp wipedown and there were no signs of rust on the outside, the rust cleaned out fine, but it made me check and clean and CLP all of my other .22lrs. None had rust in them but the 10/22.
I now think that it is a good idea to clean a .22lr after every shoot. The smokeless powder, is not corrosive but it is hydroscopic it attracts moisture that may cause rust.
To clean or not what do all of you think?