Well........I was looking for a double barrel for the wife. I looked at the 10/22 and said ,Heck I'm buying it! I bought for plinking with my son, small varmints at wear out there welcome around here. Plus looking at buying a 30-06 next year so I better get shooting.
So far I did install a Tasco Pronghorn scope from the 522 with weaver see through mounts. Torn it down, cleaned it. I still have to get the buffer bolt. I probably get the aftermarket hammer, and bed the action later. I have not got a round of yet.
The question I have is I saw a You tube video on cleaning and breaking the barrel in on the 10/22. The "youtuber" suggested cleaning the barrel after each round, up to 20 rounds. Then after that cleaning after each 20 rounds up to 180 rounds. Any truth to that statement?
Opps another one is does anyone suggest plated rounds veruses lead rounds for the 10/22?
Seriously, listen to what the man said. I know I sure didn't bother to do that when I first shot my 10/22. Just made sure to give it a good cleaning before first use and after that use and after each use from there on in.
The clean it, lightly oil it (unless for long term storage), then shoot it is the way to go.
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when new clean it before shooting .
then clean it when accuracy drops off.
every 500 rounds or so.
take the stock off and blast the action out with spray gun cleaner.
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This may sound sacreligious, but about I ever to do mine is shoot it. Every once in while I'll clean the barrel. The only time I had it out of the walnut stock was when I was making a shortened stock for my two little girls to learn to shoot with it.
I bought it NIB in the late '70s, mounted a "wide angle" TV screen style scope that I got at a show for $10, and it's been the best $60 I ever spent. That's right, I paid $50 for it at a store that was having a price reduces each day 'til it's all gone sale as it went out of business.
I've found that modern .22s, especially the ones with the copper wash on them, are very easy on barrels. I don't shoot junk ammo so it burns pretty clean.
Just clean it when you feel like messing with it or when the accuracy drops off. Otherwise, just have fun shooting it and hitting what you aim at.
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Rinfire bench shooters do not shoot a clean barrel. Optimum accuracy is archived after a few rounds have been through the barrel. Most just run a dry patch through the barrel and clean once a year. If you use a dry lube on the action you well keep the build up of rimfire dirt to a minimum, just blow it out with compressed air after using.
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I thought that was a little extreme to say the least.
Got another question for ya guys. When you clean the barrel with brush. Do you go in one direction, chamber to crown only for instance? Or is this another extreme precaution?
Some like a bore snake, pull through in one direction only.
I use a brass brush with a solvent soaked patch when I clean the Redhawk. Back and forth several times until a new patch comes out clean. I like brass brush over a bristle brush, which just doesn't seem to do much.
Either way, the bore steel is so hard compared to the brush you aren't going to hurt anything. The biggest problems will come from buildup of lead or jacket material. Even hot rounds like the 22-250 or 220 swift pushing jacketed bullets at near 4000 fps take a lot of shooting to wear a barrel enough to notice any change in performance.
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