Rimfire benchrest cleaning rituals. What should I do?

[TresMon]

Being new to ultra precison rimfires, I'd like to know the generally accepted cleaning regimen used in BR.

What bore solvent are folks using?

Do you brush?

Do you use JB? (I have a choked bore and sure don't wan't to polish the choke out! I know JB is ultra mild, but the choke in my bore is only .001")

How do you know if you have developed a lead ring in the throat?
How do you deal with it if you got one?

How often do you clean?

Anything else, at all??


Thank so much crew,
Tres

 

[cmillard]

the bore i would not clean all that often--at least not every time you fire it. the chamber is a little different though. i would brush that out every time. my .22 rimfires are the only rifles that i leave with a dirty bore. i usually clean them with hoppes every couple hundred rounds. brush them out, then wet a patch then soak bore over night with hoppes

 

[TresMon]

Thanks so much!


Anyone else have a contribution?

 

[rayjay]

Go to a match and copy what the winner does.

 

[hogpatrol]

Thanks so much!


Anyone else have a contribution?

Here's my "ritual". It may not work for you, though. I take a handful of fine osage orange wood chips, some hair from a whitetail buck's rearend, some of the patches I used to clean the gun and sprinkle a little Hoppe's #9 on it. Mix it all together, put it all in an incense burner, ignite and lightly swing it over the gun while chanting a Tibetan prayer. I haven't won any matches but it sure distracts the competition. ;D

 

[TresMon]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cort]

The local bench rest heavies clean their barrels after each target (25 shots for record plus sighters). Their regimen is 3 patches of Pro-Shot 1 Step Gun Cleaner & Lube followed by 3-4 dry patches using a .20 caliber rod. They also use Remington 40-X Bore Cleaner every 500 rounds. The carbon ring build up is dealt with at 40-X bore cleaning time. They always use a quality bore guide and some use an extended, delrin/nylon/something jag that clears the muzzle and the tuner without allowing the 20 caliber rod to extend into the crown area.

Cort

 

[TresMon]

Thanks for the details Cort.
-T