loose 22lr bore?

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I hadn't shot my old Anschutz (CIL) Model 180 in a few years so I figured I'd take it out and clean it up. I pushed a .22 bore brush through it and it went trough extremely easily, (a .243 brush actually went through without much effort) this bush goes through my 10/22 barrel a lot harder. So I decided to try and push a bullet down and see how loose it was, I pulled a Winchester Super X bullet and pushed it down with a cleaning rod and it slipped right through, not even the smallest mark of rifling on it when it came out. I then pulled an SK Standard bullet and pushed it through and that one took more force (but still very easy) and came out with rifling marks and measured .220. So my question is what is the normal bore size for a .22lr? I've never shot the Winchester Super X in that rifle but I'm guessing they wouldn't shoot too good since they don't even touch the rifling. When pushing the SK Standard bullet through, there was a little resistance in the first 4-5" then it pushed way easier. Is my barrel no good??
 
Shoot it and see. What's the worst that could happen, poor groups?

How does it look? Can you still see good rifling? It's not like the whole barrel can randomly expand.
 
Haven't shot it in a few years. I'll find out how it shoots in a few days. Just figured I'd post the question as I've never heard of this issue. The rifling still looks normal.
 
I don't know how many rounds it would take to burn out a .22 barrel in a single shot bolt gun. 40,000-50,000? Let us know how it shoots.
 
Sell it to me for $40 before you shoot it. Y'know, to save you the trouble...

Seriously. Forget about guessing based on whatever bore brush you found that went down the bore. It shoots or it doesn't. If it shoots, the rest is of no consequence whatsoever.

Measure an compare things if it does not shoot well.

Cheers
Trev
 
Like others have said ...... how's it shoot?
I had an old model 60 Cooey once that was so shot out I considered having the barrel honed smooth bore to make a nice wee rat gun for 22 shot shells. Dad picked it up when I was a kid and we shot the snot out of it. No idea what the round count was before Dad got it but we must have put 10,000's though it before it was "retired". Wound up selling it off to a guy for parts though. You could tell when you shot it there was no compression left in the barrel or behind the bullet compared to a normal 22 ....... just sort of went pffft ........ no snap or crack lol! Didn't have any accuracy left either.
 
Is it a 22 magnum? A friend's dad shot his "22 long rifle" for many years with .22 lr until one day I looked at the split casings he was leaving behind, ran a brush through the chamber, and popped in a .22 WMR... The only caliber marking on the barrel of his rifle was "22" and then some rust.
 
boltonscouter said:
Like others have said ...... how's it shoot?
I had an old model 60 Cooey once that was so shot out I considered having the barrel honed smooth bore to make a nice wee rat gun for 22 shot shells. Dad picked it up when I was a kid and we shot the snot out of it. No idea what the round count was before Dad got it but we must have put 10,000's though it before it was "retired". Wound up selling it off to a guy for parts though. You could tell when you shot it there was no compression left in the barrel or behind the bullet compared to a normal 22 ....... just sort of went pffft ........ no snap or crack lol! Didn't have any accuracy left either.
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should have just relined it then it would have been good again
 
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