Over/under oil a ruger 10/22 - SR22?

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So I ran it a little dry (clean bolt, fairly new... few hundred rounds thru it) just lightly wiped with oil... and it had cycle issues from the butler creek and GSG drum mags... a few stovepipes, things like that.

So, I tossed in a recoil buffer, timney trigger, Power custom match bolt, a good cleaning, and a heavier oiling... ran a couple hundred rounds through...

Gunked it right to ####... after 150 she started double feeding, jamming up good.

SLimy powder gunk all inside...

Just how much/little are you supposed to oil those things?

I was told the SR22 likes a lot of oil on the bolt because the 22LR doesnt kick hard, needs help cycling... but the match bolt is lighter than the factory one.. titanium and stainless all that goodness.

Darn thing blows thru a 100 round drum in about 10 seconds flat tho, very cool.

Whats the preferred treatment?
 
Weird I wipe engine oil with my finger and run 500-700 without issues. All I put in with a claw extractor. Then again my 10/22 was made min 20 years ago.

22LRs are dirty, you want less oil because how dirty they are. More oil gums.
 
I lightly oil the trigger, and bolt. I usually go well over a 1000 rounds between cleanings with no issues. I have had a couple dud rounds not fire here and there, but very far and few between.
 
I use Liquid Wrench Super Lubricant, part # L312C. This is a dry lube that powder fouling will not stick to.

I lightly spray the inside of the receiver, bolt, recoil spring & guide. Let them dry & assemble. I think I have tried every known gun lube. This one works the best for me.
 
Try BreakFree CLP in the action. Don't even bother to clean it right now, just spray some in the receiver area and start shooting. You'll be amazed at how easy it will be to just wipe it clean.

Any of the new synthetic CLPs work well. Just plain old oil will get cooked and carbon baked into it.
 
Nothing blows fouling back into the works like a blowback action. This means pretty much any rimfire semi auto. So using very little oil or going with a dry lube is likely the better options.

I got a can of EEZOX a few months back and so far I've used it on a couple of rimfire pistols and shot roughly 300 rounds. So far I'm only seeing a light powder like fouling inside. No grungy and goopy buildup like I got with wet oil lubricants.

I got the idea over at Rimfire Central where they are hugely Ruger'centric. And my initial findings suggest that EEZOX or some other dry film lubricant is the way to go for semi auto rimfire guns.

In the end I don't think it matters a whole lot which dry film lube you use. But I like the idea that the EEZOX is also its own effective general and bore cleaner where other dry films need some other product to clean and then the lube needs to be re-applied separately.
 
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