Do you clean your rifle barrel after each outing?

[groach1234]

Right i recently picked up my first centre fire and have just finished shooting it in (clean after 1 shot 5 times then 3 shots 5 times and 5 shots 2 times(seems to have worked well enough)) All of this was whilst zeroing and practice. So do you clean you rifle barrel after every time you use it or put it away dirty? and clean after a certain number of rounds? When i say clean i mean run some solvent through on a patch then dry patch a couple of time. If the need be i would use a brush to shift something.

 

George

Edited August 8, 2010 by groach1234

[toolazydecoy]

does thatnot affect your zero?

[groach1234]

does thatnot affect your zero?

 

Still trying to establish this one shot should sort it out but i was wondering what others do. I clean my HMR after every 50-100 rounds.

 

George

[al4x]

clean it occasionally probably every 10-20 rounds, shoots straight from the first round thats with .223

[bruxie hill]

hi george

i clean my rifles after about 40 rounds then fire 2 rounds through them to clear any solvent that may be there the key is consistancce i find my rifle can throw a flier with a newlly cleaned barrel

bruxie

[DaveK]

does thatnot affect your zero?

 

 

Allegedly if you zero from a clean barrel then cleaning it should keep you on zero. Never tried it but it makes sense.

[CharlieT]

hi george

i clean my rifles after about 40 rounds then fire 2 rounds through them to clear any solvent that may be there the key is consistancce i find my rifle can throw a flier with a newlly cleaned barrel

bruxie

 

 

I'm not surprised it throws a flyer if you fire a shot through an oily barrel.

 

So as not to damage your barrel you should always put a few dry patches through to get rid of any trace of oil. I run a couple of patches soaked in meths through then a few dry patches to dry it out.

 

I expect all my c/f's to shoot to POI with a clean barrel.

 

If you don't bother to clean the copper out every time you should always run a patch or two through to clean off burnt powder residue.

[bruxie hill]

I'm not surprised it throws a flyer if you fire a shot through an oily barrel.

 

So as not to damage your barrel you should always put a few dry patches through to get rid of any trace of oil. I run a couple of patches soaked in meths through then a few dry patches to dry it out.

 

I expect all my c/f's to shoot to POI with a clean barrel.

 

If you don't bother to clean the copper out every time you should always run a patch or two through to clean off burnt powder residue.

i never use oil

i use patch out to remove the copper fouling then use clean patches till clean

 

bruxie

[Devon Fox]

I clean after every 10-20 rounds through it. (Tikka t3 243)

[mossy835]

iv had my rifle 10 years and have never cleaned it, still shoots well

[Beardo]

iv had my rifle 10 years and have never cleaned it, still shoots well

 

with a .22lr i'm in agreement, no need to clean.

but CF does need cleaning - i don't do it nearly as often as i should though

[Dekers]

You will NEVER find a consensus on this one......

 

Centrefire EVERY outing..

 

.22WMR and .17HMR about every 40-60 rounds...so usually every once or twice out...

 

22lr with lead subs only...much less frequently.

 

This works for me!

 

There will be those that clean more, and those that never clean, and everyone thinks they do it right!

[Beardo]

blimey i really don't clean mine much in comparison.

 

.22lr never

.17hmr 500-1000 rounds

.223 50-100 rounds

[al4x]

don't you find your HMR takes up to about 15 shots to get back on zero Deckers? I tend to clean mine pretty infrequently it usually tells me when to clean but if I remember otherwise its about every 250 rounds

[Dunkield]

.22lr never (well I did once but it was complete waste of time/effort)

.223 and 6.5 about every 30 shots or so, or when I think they need it.

[Lez325]

17 HMR never cleaned the barrel

 

222 after every outing

 

 

Les

[bigbird2]

I find with my cz 17hmr i only run a snake through her when i think she may not be poking eye balls out... as a rule it will take her 2 shots to be back on target after snaking her ..

[harv]

I find with my girlfriendi only run a snake through her when i think she may not be poking eye balls out... as a rule it will take her 2 shots to be back on target after snaking her ..

 

discusting

[Dekers]

don't you find your HMR takes up to about 15 shots to get back on zero Deckers? I tend to clean mine pretty infrequently it usually tells me when to clean but if I remember otherwise its about every 250 rounds

 

Nope. 1 shot, or 2 max, and that is just to get any cleaner/oil deposits out of the barrel, I clean it very well and regularly, that being the case there are no issues.

 

Clean it quickly and all that happens is you rough up copper deposits etc and the barrel is worse than when you start, you really must spend the time on it, clean it 100% not 90-95%.

 

Pain though it may be, and time consuming it may be, but do it regularly and properly there is no problem with zero and you don't waste a load of ammo!

 

It works for me but others have different views and some may well not clean at all. :blink:

[Duach Teanguma]

I never clean .22rf as good quality ammunition leaves a protective coating in the bore, but stick with known brands and if you do try something that is a bit doubtful then clean.

 

Black powder and wartime .22 rf Tracer are scarce now, but clean, clean and clean again after use