15-22 cleaning question

[fanocool]

So far, this rifle has been very rewarding and imo a good investment. Knock on wood, no performance issues as others have written of. Last night, my boy and I went to the range and in quick fashion, he fired 200 mini mags w/o a hicup.
Returned home a little too late to clean the rifle so I did so tonight....and found it almost impossible to get cleaning patches down the barrel. I'm just using the square generic type. Any suggestions appreciated.

 

[mikehoncho]

boresnake. they are awesome.

 

[evnash]

+1 on the boresnake. best $14 you will ever spend at walmart

 

[sickf4i]

What size patch are you using? I have a Hoppes .22lr cleaning kit and it seems to work fine. The patches I have are like 1"X1"

 

[fanocool]

What size patch are you using? I have a Hoppes .22lr cleaning kit and it seems to work fine. The patches I have are like 1"X1"

Yep, 1x1 patches are what I was using......thing I'll look to buy a

boresnake. Thanks guys

 

[~tc~]

x3 on boresnake.

Cleaning behind the extractor is a PITA, rest of it is super easy though

 

[NorCal]

With the Snakebore do you just put a little Hoppes on the brush and run it through the barrel?
How many times?
No need for cleaning patches?
How often do you need to clean the Snakebore?
I never used one and have no idea.
Thanks for your help....

 

[SNAPPYCRY]

Try cutting your patches smaller.

Boresnake is for quick cleaning only.

 

[Thomas_H]

The Otis kits are pefect for this rifle.

 

[OLDGUNMAN]

OH CRAP,!! You're supposed to clean it??

 

[CORPORAL PUNISHMENT]

Try cutting your patches smaller.

Boresnake is for quick cleaning only.

+1 I use my ak patches and just cut them in half. No problems so far with just standard one piece cleaning rod. I wouldn't mind having the snake for a quick fix. ( like if I was gonna shoot 2 or 3 days in a row and didn't have time )

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

OH CRAP,!! You're supposed to clean it??

I'm with ya... everyone posting these nice shiny pictures of red followers in their mags... I haven't seen any red since Oct 2009.

 

[evnash]

funny story. i was shooting the other day at larrys pistol and pawn in huntsville al the other day and noticed they have a 15-22 as one of the guns you can try out. they guy said he estimates that it has had 20000+ rounds thru it and they have never cleaned it. he said it has never jammed or had any problems whatsoever!

 

[CORPORAL PUNISHMENT]

funny story. i was shooting the other day at larrys pistol and pawn in huntsville al the other day and noticed they have a 15-22 as one of the guns you can try out. they guy said he estimates that it has had 20000+ rounds thru it and they have never cleaned it. he said it has never jammed or had any problems whatsoever!

GREAT, you realize you just inspired phil to go for 40,000. He'll post pictures of his solid blk bolt.