Howdy,
I pose this question, as yet again I have seen the urban legend that "nobody bothers to clean .22s", which I just don't get.
Of all my firearms, my semi-auto .22s tend to be the muckiest, with unburned powder and waxy residue all over the inside of the receivers after a couple of hundred rounds (Ruger 10/22, Ruger MkIII 22/45, and Marlin 70PSS). Combined with the relatively low power of the .22 cartridge, if a dirty gun is going to suffer reliability issues, it would (to me) seem to be MOST likely with a rimfire semi-auto.
So, where did this theory come from, that you don't need to clean a .22?
Anyone?
Cheers,
Neal
I pose this question, as yet again I have seen the urban legend that "nobody bothers to clean .22s", which I just don't get.
Of all my firearms, my semi-auto .22s tend to be the muckiest, with unburned powder and waxy residue all over the inside of the receivers after a couple of hundred rounds (Ruger 10/22, Ruger MkIII 22/45, and Marlin 70PSS). Combined with the relatively low power of the .22 cartridge, if a dirty gun is going to suffer reliability issues, it would (to me) seem to be MOST likely with a rimfire semi-auto.
So, where did this theory come from, that you don't need to clean a .22?
Anyone?
Cheers,
Neal