I get asked this question a lot. Some of the angst over
by rob 
, Saturday, January 16, 2016, 09:19 (3173 days ago) @ Hobie
At the most I only pull a bore snake through a .22 rimfire rifle or handgun and I rarely ever do that anymore...rarely as in I can't even remember when the last time was. I generally do somewhat of my own barrel break in routine. I'll shoot 20 rounds, clean it well, repeat until I get about 100 rounds through it. I don't know if it helps or not but my reasoning is the barrel is probably rougher when new and thus will foul more. Shooting 20, getting rid of the fouling and repeating may keep the fouling down a bit until it's been smoothed over a bit. That being said, when I got the current upper I have on my AR I just took it out and shot almost 80 rounds through it in the first sitting and then cleaned it.
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- Barrel cleaning...your opines and experiences:) -
rob,
2016-01-15, 19:46
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- Barrel cleaning...your opines and experiences:) - Creeker, 2016-01-15, 19:55
- Never unless I am bored or shooting surplus -
Rob Leahy,
2016-01-15, 20:00
- Never unless I am bored or shooting surplus -
uncowboy,
2016-01-15, 20:18
- I pretty much agree... - rob, 2016-01-15, 20:27
- Never unless I am bored or shooting surplus -
uncowboy,
2016-01-15, 20:18
- MY 6.5 JDJ HAS 26 STRAIGHT ONE-SHOT KILLS -
SIXGUNNER,
2016-01-15, 21:29
- Interesting, I quit cleaning barrels on sixguns... - rob, 2016-01-15, 21:44
- experiences -
Miles,
2016-01-16, 02:01
- I guess it just depends on the rifle... - rob, 2016-01-16, 09:05
- I get asked this question a lot. Some of the angst over -
Hobie,
2016-01-16, 08:26
- I get asked this question a lot. Some of the angst over - rob, 2016-01-16, 09:19
- Cleaning .22s - Catoosa, 2016-01-17, 09:50
- mostly my opinions... -
bj,
2016-01-16, 20:20
- Commercial cast bullets.... - rob, 2016-01-16, 21:08
- depends on the rifle - mcassill, 2016-01-16, 21:33