Thread: How often do you clean your rifle?

Only owned 1 10/22 it was fantastic, ran cci subs well shot into less than 1" groups at 50y consistently. I cleaned the action after running a brick through it (1000 rounds) never touched the barrel, it always maintained tiny little groups at 50 yards.
Your experience is strange to say in the least.
Have you tried leaving it for say 200-300 rounds to see if accuracy returns ? My understanding of 22s is that once the barrel is fouled they reach an "equalibrium" where they shoot best after so many rounds.
I have never found the need to touch a 22 barrel unless it's got wet inside.

Originally Posted by dannyb

Only owned 1 10/22 it was fantastic, ran cci subs well shot into less than 1" groups at 50y consistently. I cleaned the action after running a brick through it (1000 rounds) never touched the barrel, it always maintained tiny little groups at 50 yards.
Your experience is strange to say in the least.
Have you tried leaving it for say 200-300 rounds to see if accuracy returns ? My understanding of 22s is that once the barrel is fouled they reach an "equalibrium" where they shoot best after so many rounds.
I have never found the need to touch a 22 barrel unless it's got wet inside.

What about your new Lupo? Whats the regime for that? Is the blueing keeping nice?

Originally Posted by Tahr

What about your new Lupo? Whats the regime for that? Is the blueing keeping nice?

I believe the Mrs may have been moved out to the couch to make room for the lupo in the bedroom..or course this is just rumour until confirmed..... bet it is getting lots of oily rag rubdowns.....might even be new lint free linen rather than a common old rag.

Originally Posted by Tahr

What about your new Lupo? Whats the regime for that? Is the blueing keeping nice?

Oily patch if shot or gets wet, both have happened in the last week. I run a patch soaked in crc longlife through all my rifles before storing have never had an issue. Must use crc longlife only cause it doesn't run down into the chamber like normal crc would.

The Lupo is tri-nite coated and crio treated or some other fancy shit it's like cerekote but for men hard as the hobs of hell garunteed not to rust for 30years so not blued.

Originally Posted by dannyb

Only owned 1 10/22 it was fantastic, ran cci subs well shot into less than 1" groups at 50y consistently. I cleaned the action after running a brick through it (1000 rounds) never touched the barrel, it always maintained tiny little groups at 50 yards.
Your experience is strange to say in the least.
Have you tried leaving it for say 200-300 rounds to see if accuracy returns ? My understanding of 22s is that once the barrel is fouled they reach an "equalibrium" where they shoot best after so many rounds.
I have never found the need to touch a 22 barrel unless it's got wet inside.

worth a crack. got enough damn bunnies that it shouldnt take long to find out