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Ganderite

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I was at the range today with my trust old Brno #1 and a Cooey repeater I have had for a number of years, but never shot.
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The Brno is a beautiful, slick rifle that inspires confidence. It is the house "predator" gun and sit by the back door, ready to engage porcupines and skunks (we have dogs here on the farm) and the racoons that like to tear off the house siding. So far it has nailed 22 racoons.

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I decided to test both rifles at 25 yards, using 4 different boxes of ammo. I shot off sandbags, on the bench, using the standard open iron sights. My eyes are not that good, but I used the same eyeball with both rifles.

The Brno trigger is nicer, but the Cooey was quite good.

If you had made a bet, you would have bet on the Brno. I know I would have. And lost.

The Cooey shot the best groups and was not ammo fussy. All 4 groups were about the same size.

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The Cooey was stock except for one minor mod I made at the range, before shooting. A slipped a piece of ammo box carboard under the forend.

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This does not look right, so I will scrub the Brno barrel, and try again.

I will give the Cooey front sight another nudge, and it has now become the rifle at the back door. It is not as easy to load and unload, but is clearly more accurate.
 
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I got a model 60 a couple years ago and I suck with iron sights but even I am not a bad shot with that thing. Mine also needs an adjustment, it always shoots 1 inch to the right.
 
That does not surprise me, I have not seen one that shot bad, even when they looked like road kill.
Mind you that #1 should do better. I has a 3 and a 4 that would shot under a inch or better at 100 yrs .
 
I started cleaning the Brno.

Had trouble getting the rod into the barrel. Took a look with my borescope.

The first foot has so much lead I cannot see the rifling. The rest of the barrel is heavily leaded.

I have been cleaning for an hour and it is still bad - even after wearing out a stainless steel brush.

I bought this rifle used, about 30 years ago and I never cleaned it. It was shot very little. I am guessing it was never cleaned since the day it left the factory.

I will eventually get it clean and then shoot it again for group size.
 
RabidM4U5 said:
But... I thought you're not supposed to clean a 22?
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When I used to shoot smallbore, my practice was to clean the rifle about once a year. This was more to address my guilt than to improve accuracy. It took awhile for the rifle to start grouping again, after cleaning, so it was not something done very often.

But that was shooting standard velocity greased ammo. Who knows what was shot in this Brno?

Here are some bore pictures .

Cooey - uncleaned after accuracy test.

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Brno -after extensive cleaning. Still full of lead.
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I have been using patches with JB Paste. They come out black with streaks of silver lead. Also used a stainless steel brush.

Progress has been made. The heavy resistance doe the first 6 inches has gone.

Next step is the old Chor Boy trick. Should have started with that.
 
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I like to clean my 22rf rifles about every half brick. I use "Ed's Red"

This will usually clean things up pretty quickly.

When I get a rifle coming in that is fouled as badly as your Brno, I will plug the chamber with a rubber stopper, turned especially to fit tight and seal the chambers. Then fill the barrel with Ed's Red and let it sit overnight. This usually makes it a quick job to get clean, back to the steel.

I have a CZ 455 that definitely needs to be cleaned every 100 rounds or it starts to string the point of impact. That may be because I shoot a lot of jacketed bullets through it.

Some 22rf rifles will shoot extremely well almost indefinitely, some won't
 
Ive had many .22's come and go but the only 2 that could never be outshot have been my cooey 82 and cooey 60 scoped. The 60 has and always will be the go to critter/grouse getter, only other .22 to give it competition was a marlin 795. Could never get past the 795 triggger.
 
I love my scoped cooey 60. The trigger is great. Accuracy is fairly good, but many of my rifles can outshoot it, but most of them are 2-10 times the price
 
Cooeys, makes me smile that all you guys appreciate these old girls. They were an affordable option back in the day when Canada produced great things.
 
Hope your BRNO barrel comes out good, my #1 leaded up real bad and turned out to be heavily pitted after extensive cleaning. Would be just about plugged after 1 box of ammo. Cooey's just keep on going, like the pink bunny.
 
I am having a tough time trying to get the lead out. I have used a lot of JB PAste; ChorBoy of a brush, and Shooters Choice Lead Remover.

The Lead Remover is useless.

The JB is effective, but slow.

The Chor Boy is also slow. It is very fast with a lead in a 38 revolver.

The Wipe Out "No Lead" is supposed to be good. Anyone see it in Canada?
 
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I am having a tough time trying to get the lead out. I have used a lot of JB PAste; ChorBoy of a brush, and Shooters Choice Lead Remover.

The Lead Remover is useless.

The JB is effective, but slow.

The Chor Boy is also slow. It is very fast with a lead in a 38 revolver.

The Wipe Out "No Lead" is supposed to be good. Anyone see it in Canada?
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Henry has some.


SHARP-SHOOT-R NO-LEAD LEAD REMOVER 8oz $16.00

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Still use it with pieces of a copper scrub on my brush for best results.
 
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