Cleaning 10/22 from breach

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I heard somewhere that you can drill a hole in the rear of the 10/22 receiver to pass your cleaning rod through and thereby clean the gun from the breach instead of the muzzle. Sounds like a great idea to me. But before I go ahead and drill a hole is there anything I should know about? Any drawbacks? Thanks.

Ninepointer
 
Drill a hole??? Don't listen to any BS like this. Use bore snake or patch worm. If you want a supper good job, take the whole gun apart to clean still better than drill a hole.

Trigun
 
Trigun said:
Drill a hole??? Don't listen to any BS like this. Use bore snake or patch worm. If you want a supper good job, take the whole gun apart to clean still better than drill a hole.

Trigun
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Reason I prefer the hole is that I do not have to confirm zero after a detaield cleaning because you do not remove the barrel....just pull the bolt out and clean throu receiver.....that being said, it's a personal choice.....
 
It's easiest to do with a lathe, using a tailstock, but Brownells sells a jig that'll locate the hole for you. I did mine with a lathe, but it's still not as fast as a boresnake.
 
If you don't want to buy a bore snake or patch worm, take some fishing line and melt one end to form a ball small enough to fit into the barrel. Cut the other end to form a point. Now you can slide your patches from the pointed end to the ball end and voila....your own home made patch worm.
 
Take the bolt out,makes it easy to clean the barrel..If you cant master that you shouldn't even be thinking about drilling holes,in anything for that matter
 
I take my barrel off all the time to clean it and when I put it back together the "zero" is still in the same place.

I wouldn't recommend drilling a hole. Learning the basic takedown cleaning method is far superior.
 
604shooter said:
If you don't want to buy a bore snake or patch worm, take some fishing line and melt one end to form a ball small enough to fit into the barrel. Cut the other end to form a point. Now you can slide your patches from the pointed end to the ball end and voila....your own home made patch worm.
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Yeah, do this. I used weed wacker line. Melt a ball on one end to hold the patch, sharpen the other end and stab it through a patch. Feed the line and pull the patch through. Piece of cake and works really well. I can't see any reason to do a teardown or drill a hole.
 
Thanks for the feedback guys:) . I've made it a habit to take bolt out each time I clean my 10/22. I think I will put my drill away and get myself a bore-snake.

Ninepointer
 
A flexible cleaning rod can also be improvised using plastic airline tubing...available in many sizes....from any truck-parts place. You can even epoxy in an adapter with threads so you can attach brushes, jags, whatever.
 
I use a commercial rig - can't remember where I bought it.

It is designed for centre fire calibers (slightly bigger than .22XX) and would not work for the 10/22 but fine for all other applications. I use it all the time on hunting trips because it is very compact and can be taken anywhere.

The rig consists of a highly flexible small string with both ends fitted with brass adapters to accept all standard cleaning accessories. One of the adpater is approx 7/8" long and the other, 2" . The lenght of the rig is around 31" without any accessories.

You just screw brushes, patch holders, etc, at one end and use the adapter at the other end as a weight to easily pull the string through the bore.

Duke1
 
Not sure why I said fishing line.....must have had a brain fart, but I meant weed wacker line. Works like a charm
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I actually do use fishing line, 400 lb test commercial monofilament used for longlining and handlining. It seems to be harder and smoother than weedwacker line, less likely to get scored and pick up grit that could damage the crown. Even so I never use the same line for long, they are easy and cheap to replace.
I drilled a hole in one of my receivers years ago but I never use it
I do not recommend removing the barrel for cleaning. Barrel block screw torque makes a big difference to POI in my experience. It also changes barrel harmonics, especially if your barrel is supported at the forend. I epoxy in my 10/22 barrels.
 
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Lots of guys on RFC drill the hole in the back of the reciver it's not big deal the hole is well under the stock line.

Though the most I do is a dry patch (with a patch worm) though every once and while. I do brush out the chamber every 500 or so, but that is part of keeping the action operational.

Personally I fee most 22 are ruined by a cleaning than anything else.
 
My 10/22 unlike any of my centerfire rifles works very well, brick after brick without a cleaning. It only gets cleaned thoroughly at the end of gopher season when it goes into hibernation. My buddy shoots a Marlin S/A, same thing.
 
savagefan said:
My 10/22 unlike any of my centerfire rifles works very well, brick after brick without a cleaning. It only gets cleaned thoroughly at the end of gopher season when it goes into hibernation. My buddy shoots a Marlin S/A, same thing.
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What are you shooting for ammo Savagefan? The last 10/22 I shot couldn't go much more than a brick without a detailed cleaning, or malfunctions would start driving me nuts. As I recall, I was shooting Winchester PowerPoints at the time. It never occurred to me that the ammo may have been the issue...
 
Remington Cyclone, but Win PP worked great too. My Ruger has had a ton of ammo through it, when new it was a bit finicky, but it seems the more it's used the better it gets. My son's did exactly the same thing.
 
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