My varmint rifle resides outside until rotated for cleaning. It's a tool in use. Before it goes back in the safe it will be thoroughly disassembled and cleaned. Coyote rifles are like a target rifle at a match. You don't fire at record with an oiled bore or clean it between shots. You do it after the match.
Winter Coyote rifle cleaning frequency
- Thread starter jaybray
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I try to keep mine clean. After cleaning, and at least once a week, I am at the range if only to check zero. I may only fire a shot or two at 100 and maybe a couple at 200.
Coyotefurharvester
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Here in Mn, I usually leave my rifle cold for most of the winter. It doesn't come into the house except to clean. I sight in when temps drop to 20 degrees. I use a hard travel case and use a bike cable lock to secure it in the truck cab when staying in motels.
1lessdog
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I very seldom ever clean a rifle. My 220 swift has shot 100's of Coyotes and has never been cleaned. And it will shoot 5 shots in a 1/2 dia all day long.
I also shoot 22-6MM AI and 6MM AI and them two same thing I dont clean at all and shoot tiny little groups all day long.
I also shoot 22-6MM AI and 6MM AI and them two same thing I dont clean at all and shoot tiny little groups all day long.
AckleymanII
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If you leave oil in your barrel, you will have a velocity loss of about 100 feet per second on your first shot. You can cure this by pushing 4 wet patches of Lighter fluid through your barrel, followed by a dry patch. Your cold bore shot now will be very, very close to a bore with 2 shots down the bore. Plenty good enough for coyotes for 300 yard shots.
1lessdog, at some point, you will need 600 or 800 grit silicone carbide paste from Brownell's
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Or just take the gun to your gunsmith and he will put a new barrel on in it. 500 rounds of IMR 4064 in a Swift, you will not get the carbon out, and 50g of Retumbo with the 80g in a 22/6 Rem AI, in 600 rounds you will not have a barrel left.
We hunted in Mexico for predators from the late 70's to early 90's. Worst weekend was 13 and best was 56. A two week trip net was 226. We shot Remington 22/250's & 243's, custom 243's & 6mm Remingtons, and Ruger 220 Swifts. In between hunts, we went to the range and checked our zero, reloaded, chasing the lands from leade growth. Filthy barrels would go from shooting 1/2" groups at 200 yards to 3" groups at 200 yards. JB, Sweets 7.62, good bronze bristle brushes were our friend. Bores would be so filthy, we would just push 4 wet patches through the bore, then go straight to brushing with JB. 2" groups at 300 were acceptable, verified by shooting the 1 3/4" mini clay pigeons. Boys on our team took our equipment, trucks, and our calling sport serious as a heart attack. Our team had 3 trucks, a lathe, and we put 32,000 miles a year on our trucks calling predators.
When we got home from a hunt, rifles were put in a gun safe with one or more golden rods in the safe, cleaned as soon as possible from road dust that was horrible in the areas we hunted. Bores were cleaned, and we tried to get to the range to verify zero, if not, then the patches with lighter fluid/then dry patch had to suffice.
1lessdog, at some point, you will need 600 or 800 grit silicone carbide paste from Brownell's
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Or just take the gun to your gunsmith and he will put a new barrel on in it. 500 rounds of IMR 4064 in a Swift, you will not get the carbon out, and 50g of Retumbo with the 80g in a 22/6 Rem AI, in 600 rounds you will not have a barrel left.
We hunted in Mexico for predators from the late 70's to early 90's. Worst weekend was 13 and best was 56. A two week trip net was 226. We shot Remington 22/250's & 243's, custom 243's & 6mm Remingtons, and Ruger 220 Swifts. In between hunts, we went to the range and checked our zero, reloaded, chasing the lands from leade growth. Filthy barrels would go from shooting 1/2" groups at 200 yards to 3" groups at 200 yards. JB, Sweets 7.62, good bronze bristle brushes were our friend. Bores would be so filthy, we would just push 4 wet patches through the bore, then go straight to brushing with JB. 2" groups at 300 were acceptable, verified by shooting the 1 3/4" mini clay pigeons. Boys on our team took our equipment, trucks, and our calling sport serious as a heart attack. Our team had 3 trucks, a lathe, and we put 32,000 miles a year on our trucks calling predators.
When we got home from a hunt, rifles were put in a gun safe with one or more golden rods in the safe, cleaned as soon as possible from road dust that was horrible in the areas we hunted. Bores were cleaned, and we tried to get to the range to verify zero, if not, then the patches with lighter fluid/then dry patch had to suffice.
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In Wisconsin we hunt a lot when it is 20degrees to sub zero.
On days like this when I bring my rifle in the house, I pull the bolt out and lay it on a furnace vent, and lean the rifle against the wall above the furnace vent and let the warm dry area blow through the bore. Once it is warmed up is when I do a light cleaning.
On days like this when I bring my rifle in the house, I pull the bolt out and lay it on a furnace vent, and lean the rifle against the wall above the furnace vent and let the warm dry area blow through the bore. Once it is warmed up is when I do a light cleaning.
My thought would be to run a bore snake through it a couple of times. simple but effective. If your bore is fouling after one shot I think you need to change your choice of ammo. Fair winds and following seas. Phantom Phixer
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