I have always used just plain Jane cleaning rods and such for cleaning all my rifles but I'm seeing folks using Bore tech and other companies cleaning tools. Just curious as to what everyone was using on their nicer rifles as well as everything else.
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Wiley
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These days when buying a cleaning rod for a 22 RIMFIRE it's mandatory that it be a rod for 22 RIMFIRE. If you buy one that says .22 caliber it will likely be close to .224 in diameter and it intended to be used in 22 centerfire calibers. Other than that I always use a bore guide in the action, clean only from the breech and use Bore Tech C4 on a Q Tip to soften/remove the carbon ring that forms at the mouth of a 22LR round after a few hundred rounds. As for cleaning the bore, I don't until accuracy falls off and pretty much everybody has their own method on that. I have 3 or 4 different bore cleaners and can't tell any difference from one to another. I'll add that quality products usually give quality results.
Edited to add....... Once I start competing I'll very likely start a new routine of bore cleaning.
Edited to add....... Once I start competing I'll very likely start a new routine of bore cleaning.
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I use a Tipton 17 cal rod and a 20 cal jag with 22 cal patches.
I wet brush, wet patch and then dry patch it out after every card if I'm in a match. My scores stay much more consist cleaning that way. A guy I shoot with cleans when accuracy falls off, it's cost him a few matches because his has fell on its face during a match before.
If it's a 22 I'll plink/hunt/bum around they'll get cleaned about every 100yrs lol.
I wet brush, wet patch and then dry patch it out after every card if I'm in a match. My scores stay much more consist cleaning that way. A guy I shoot with cleans when accuracy falls off, it's cost him a few matches because his has fell on its face during a match before.
If it's a 22 I'll plink/hunt/bum around they'll get cleaned about every 100yrs lol.
mike243
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Bore snake once in a blue moon, action very couple hundred rounds with some gun blaster, all the rifles are different, typically if I switch ammo messing around it might take 15-50 to settle back down, not sure if its the lube or lead or what, about the same when I clean them also, mine are semi auto so that's the reason for the spray, I have to be careful to not get much on the buffer as it will deteriorate it on the Marlin. Always put something on the snake for lube, my worst fear is string snapping, The 17hmr is tiny and not sure how bad it would be to punch out a broken bore snake end.
I clean thoroughly after every range session, match or practice. Chamber and bore, and I'll shoot to re-season the barrel before the next match. I've never cleaned during a match, mainly bc my rifle seems to shoot well as it reaches it's seasoned state and lasts for a couple hundred rounds, at least, enough that I don't worry about accuracy falling off during the match. Boretec products for me as well. Rimfire blend and C4 carbon cleaner.
