Should you really not clean .22 bores?

[halvey]

Heh, we're just talking about .22s here, not all guns.

Well, all he ever owned was .22's and .410's. By the way, his old JC Penny .22 that was never cleaned shoots some pretty tight groups at 50 yards. I just cleaned up the action and it's good to go.

As far as the .410, I suppose he figured he can still hit what he aims at so why clean? That said, I did take it away from him and am getting it reblued. I guess its the "guns are simply tools" mentality, where we tend to think of them differently.

By the way, we doesn't rotate tires either because it costs more to constantly rotate than buy new tires earlier.

I clean my handguns a lot because I use lead bullets and that filthy Bullseye powder.

 

[wingman]

I clean all guns after firing, all guns will show a first/ second shot point of impact difference after cleaning depending on how and what cleaned with
however the idea of cleaning hurting(if done correct)a gun is silly.

 

[rock jock]

I have been cleaning my .22s ever since one day I looked down the barrel of a Hammerli Trailside I used to own and noticed the bore was significantly restricted due to leading.

 

[Destructo6]

only run a boresnake through the barrel - no solvent

I'm another self-confessed and enthusiastic Bore Snake addict, especially when it comes to .22lr guns. About two pulls and I'm done.

 

[JohnBT]

www.riflebarrels.com/support/rimfire_maintenance.htm

How to clean rimfire barrels from the Lilja barrel company.

Who you going to believe, Mr. L or some guy like me on the web?

JT

 

[Longbow]

I guess my dad had a point by never cleaning his guns. That said he NEVER washes his vehicles either. "That's what paint is for."

I like that!

 

[buy guns]

By the way, we doesn't rotate tires either because it costs more to constantly rotate than buy new tires earlier.

you know you can rotate them for free by yourself.

 

[IM4RMEF]

I read that Dieter(sp?) Anschutz favors cleaning the bore between matches. I don't know who would be a better authority on world class rimfires.
I use a coated rod and jag (no brush) on my Anschutz 2013AL about every 300 rounds. It usually takes 3-5 shots to settle back into 1 hole groups. Most smallbore shooters that I know clean once per season, some regulary and some never. I have however known of $2500 .22s failing to function because of a lack of cleaning. I don't see any downside to a CAREFULL cleaning.

 

[JohnKSa]

I'll bet Anschutz does pretty much what Lilja recommends.

In a nutshell:

Clean the chamber and the leade often for top accuracy.

Only clean the bore when leading can be seen. Otherwise the only thing that goes down the bore is a dry patch to push out loose fouling.

 

[2nd Amendment]

I'm not big into .22's so all I can say is I am still shooting my grandad's Mossy and to the best of my knowledge it hasn't been cleaned in any way since he passed away...in 1966. The old girl still shoots like a charm.

 

[stealthmode]

i like the idea of not brushing everytime just run some patches with solvent throught it a few times just to get all the powder residue out, after a brick i will brush and detail clean the whole thing.