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June 26, 2005.17 Caliber Cleaning...About a month ago I had mused that -- having gotten the Ruger 10/22 -- I'd also like to get their 10/17. One thing has totally put the brakes on that. The manual is the same for both guns and in one spot it conspicuously states, ...10/17 chambers must be scrupulously cleaned at least every 50 shots." Yipes! That sounds too much like work to me. If I'm lucky enough to have the range to myself (actually quite common) I easily run hundreds of rounds through my guns. Heck, I'll staple 10 targets to the boards at a time. With my .22s I can shoot the better part of a brick before going home. If I have to spend half of my precious time there "scrupulously cleaning" (I'm assuming that simply running a cord through the barrel won't suffice) I'm no longer interested. I prefer to bring my guns home, sit on the couch with the TV on, and huff Hoppe's #9 everything down, then. I'm reminded of a quip from Steven Wright, "24-hour banking? I don't have time for that!" Do .17 caliber rifles REALLY require that kind of maintenance schedule? Comments
this is a sore point. having ordered the MOST EXPENSIVE gun, ever, for me, a volquartsen VG-1 17hmr, and of course flirting with buyer's remorse you broach the major topic. how to clean it. volquartsen says using a brass brush wil void the warranty!!!! yet the bullet is clad with copper. over at rimfirecentral.com there is absolutely no aggrement. think i'll use gunslick foam and the boresnake. Lord i want that gun. (sound of head banging wall) Posted by: cruft at June 26, 2005 12:01 PMcleaning is easy... a Nylon bore brush and Montana X-Treme 50 B.M.G. The nylon bore brush will not scratch or mar the bore and the Montana X-Treme will take out copper... K Posted by: Kirk at June 26, 2005 01:14 PMthe comment input form disappears. Your comments are welcome. You don't need to enter a URL and you don't need a "valid" email address, either. Note though that MT Blacklist is installed to flag suspiciously spam-like strings. Unfortunately, because of the bastard spammers, the strings "google.com" and "yahoo.com" (even in your email address) are currently banned as well. So are strings such as "cialis" (a common spam) which rules out words such as "socialism". Try putting a hyphan in a word like that. By Golly, you're reading an archived post. Click Here to head to the main page and read current stuff...Into science fiction? Check out my group blog novel, Colony: Alchibah. See the reader's guide there for first-timer tips. |
