How often do you clean your .22lr?

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

Innocent

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

Innocent wrote: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

ppkny wrote: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.

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

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.