Cleaning you .22lr

[glen ring]

How often do you clean your .22lr?

[Innocent]

Christmas and July 4th or after any inclement weather such as extreme wind (sand), or rain.

Innocent

[ppkny]

Using that criteria here in NY it would be every time we use our gun. LOL
ppkny

[dustinflint]

Christmas and July 4th or after any inclement weather such as extreme wind (sand), or rain.

I second that. I clean mine with dry patches only about twice a year unless something crazy happens that makes me feel like it needs cleaning more often.

Dustin

[jrebelo]

Using that criteria here in NY it would be every time we use our gun. LOL
ppkny

West coast Canada here and I do indeed clean my gun every time I shoot it. Nothing too crazy, just run a cleaning patch through, then a few dry patches followed by an oil patch. Lightly oil the exterior metal (we get a lot of rain and humidity) and park it until the next range day.

[teetertotter]

Barrel cleaning around 3000 rounds. Bolt cleaning every 1000 rounds.

[OldRanger]

I clean the bore every 3000 with a boresnake I removed the brush from. Since its a ruger 10-22 I clean the action every 1k or so otherwise it tends to start malfunctioning. Also I recently discovered the magazines were causing some of my malfunctions so I clean them every 2k or so.