Solvent-cleaner question help

cattle buyer

What do you pros use on and in .22 actions and recievers? I have used brake cleaner and gunk ,Im going thru several .22 autos,pumps and bolts and the buildup of powder and old dried lube in hard to reach areas is a Hillary! .22 rounds must use a nasty powder or are some of the old yellow superX winchester, CCI to old? very best

perry shooter

IMHO any thing aggressive enough to get dried lube/lead/burntpowder from a rifle or pistol is too harsh to use on a firearm. and will leave the surface unprotected and prone to problems.Gun solvent and a tooth pick or tooth brush. + your time.

Horse Plains Drifter

I remove the wood from really gross guns, take them out to the shop and use brake clean and compressed air on them. Like perry shooter says though, the parts are stripped of any oil or rust protection so be sure to oil/lube parts right away.

jonk

I spray on some nitro solvent, let soak a few hours, blast off with brake cleaner, then rewet with solvent and go at anything remaining with a dental pick, or toothpick on blued surfaces. Finish by lightly oiling everything.

JustC

it's called a brush. Stroke the crap out of it with something like hoppes or shooters choice.

or try GM TEC (top engine cleaner). do not get this on anything but metal,..and it will strip carbon out like fooey through a goose.

22's aren't supposed to be cleaned until a noticeable deterioration in accuracy takes place. They can often take several hundred rounds to start shooting well again,...and often are good for many thousands of rounds before they need a cleaning. HTH

md1634

Most of the people in my prone small bore league wouldn't clean thier rifles until the bolts got hard to close, and we had some good shooters in the group, like the PA. male and female champs during the late 70's.

gotstolefrom

I'm guilty of using brake cleaner...but only when desperate.
If ANYTHING cleans off crap well, you must lube immediately afterwards, even if you are not finished yet. One bad experience with 'over cheming' will cure you.

The conservative approach will work with a 22.
Jonk hit closest to home for me.
Just solvent and brushes should do it. A good soak overnight can work wonders.

Gun cleaning is great therapy anyway.
ENJOY

cattle buyer

Thanks folks, I had to pick up a bag of puppy chow at Wally World and walked back to the sporting goods dept, the help back there was stocking the shelves and had just put a product up that I had never seen ,its made or marketed by Break Free got it and a set of cleaning brushes as my old tooth brushes had about had it, the stuff is supposed to be used by our olympic shooting team.nuff rambling stuff works like a champ but I had also been soaking overnight in old #9 solvent... Ive been using corrision x as my finish up last coat..the ole Win 74 went thru 20 rounds each like a champ both rem. target and CCI green tag.these old long barrel Winchesters are accurate,if you miss its YOUR fault...these spinning steel targets are a hoot as well but the target dots will not stay on,I gotta get some bright spray paint for my old eyes...very best

bpost

I just hose them out with wd-40 scrub with a tooth brush and keep shooting. If serious cleaning is needed after a few thousand rounds I take the furniture off and use good old number 9 bore cleaner, acetone and a tooh brush. I use Mobile 1 oil on firearms.

gunnut505

For really gunkedup bores: mix white vinegar 50/50 with peroxide, fill the bore(plug the breech first), and let sit for an hour. Drain, run a coupla patches, inspect, repeat if still cruddy.

For actions and tiny pieces: use a bore mop soaked in the above mix to swab all over, let sit for 20-30 minutes, toothbrush away all the nasties and re-lube with Snake Oil.

This mix won't hurt many plastics or wood, but test on a hidden spot on YOUR gun to make sure.