I suppose this is why there's a world of difference between cleaning the internals of a boltie, and those of a semi-automatic.
Cleaning .22s
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I suppose this is why there's a world of difference between cleaning the internals of a boltie, and those of a semi-automatic.
I am cleaning meticulously all my 22's after every trip to the range. I noticed if I do not clean them and follow generally accepted theory of never cleaning accuracy beginning to suffer. About 50-100 shots and I can see groups opening up or some unexplained fliers. Of course newly cleaned rifle needs a few fouling or warming up shots to start grouping again.
I think theory of never cleaning comes from 3p shooters with single shot target rifles shooting clean-burning waxed stuff. Try that same trick with Savage 64 burning thunderbolts and see what I mean.
Prove is in the cake. I have heard that theory from a few guys during our little informal matches and I can say cleaning or not there was no difference, I always win anyway
I think theory of never cleaning comes from 3p shooters with single shot target rifles shooting clean-burning waxed stuff. Try that same trick with Savage 64 burning thunderbolts and see what I mean.
Prove is in the cake. I have heard that theory from a few guys during our little informal matches and I can say cleaning or not there was no difference, I always win anyway
Most 22 rimfires require a minimum of cleaning to stay in the game. Semi-auto are, by design, dirtier than Manually operated actions, and may need the actions cleaned more frequently. The bores of rimfires can easily be damaged by improper cleaning methods, so not being too anal about cleaning the bores requently is probably a good thing. I generally clean my high end target 22's about every 500-750 rounds. Some of my plinkers get it less often than that. I have not noted a problem with accuracy due to lack of cleaning within my cleaning intervals. Your mileage may vary. Regards, Eagleye.
Actually I have both .... Either of which gets a quick squirt of CLP followed by a half dozen times cycling of the action and in the gun case she goes before heading to the range .... (massive) Lubrication is one of those things that supplements cleaning in any of my firearms ....
I suppose this is why there's a world of difference between cleaning the internals of a boltie, and those of a semi-automatic.
