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Hank45
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When do you clean a .22 benchrest rifle barrel? Thanks, Hank45
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bob finger
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Hank: After every card, or said another way about every 50 rounds. A single dry patch followed by a wet patch and a bit of scrub at the chamber if it feels tight followed by 3 or 4 dry patches. Ivy rod and jag through a bore guide with insert, 1-1/8 patches and Rim-fire Blend. I NEVER use a bronze brush in the barrel. Others will do it differently. The trick is to know when to clean before accuracy falls off, not after. bob
Pete Wass
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I immediately run a dry patch through my barrels when I get up from shooting. I have a bore scope so ues it to determine what is to be cleaned . Generally, after 50 or so rounds there will be carbon at, behind and forward of the throat in the barrel. I clean that out. The most effective way I have found to get it our is using JB Bore Paste on a patch;a few strokes ( I use a short Dewey rod for this operation ) then patch out only that portion I have JB'd; both with wet patches (GM Top Cleaner) then dry patches.
After a day of 6 or so cards I find some lead in my barrels often. I then clean the barrel thoroughly with Wet Patches ( Shooters Choice Super Formuls, which looks orange in color once shaken up), bronze brush- a few strokes then JB as needed once the goop is out with dry patches. With my barrels, the wax seems to get lain down in 7 or 8 shots, using test ammo that didn't make the cut. My take on using bronze brushes; compared to what the Primer Media does to one's barrel, the bronze brush is analogous to running a patch through it. What hurts barrels a lot,from my experience, are bore guides that do not support cleaning rods properly. Buy the best cleaning rod guide you can get if you don't make your own. It would be helpful if RF rifle actions could be designed so that a full length cleaning rod guide would support rods all the way up to the breech, IMHO
After a day of 6 or so cards I find some lead in my barrels often. I then clean the barrel thoroughly with Wet Patches ( Shooters Choice Super Formuls, which looks orange in color once shaken up), bronze brush- a few strokes then JB as needed once the goop is out with dry patches. With my barrels, the wax seems to get lain down in 7 or 8 shots, using test ammo that didn't make the cut. My take on using bronze brushes; compared to what the Primer Media does to one's barrel, the bronze brush is analogous to running a patch through it. What hurts barrels a lot,from my experience, are bore guides that do not support cleaning rods properly. Buy the best cleaning rod guide you can get if you don't make your own. It would be helpful if RF rifle actions could be designed so that a full length cleaning rod guide would support rods all the way up to the breech, IMHO
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