The NEW 10/22

[el caminero]

I never damaged a barrel with aluminum cleaning rod. Last I heard it's not as hard as steel.

Apparently, aluminium, brass, and steel is so soft dirtngrit get imbedded in it easily; there are muzzle protectors out there, and i use them but before that i used to wrap the stick with a patch and hold it in the muzzle while the brush does its work. The smaller the bore the harder the muzzlepatch trick is...

 

[Uncle Howie]

I never damaged a barrel with aluminum cleaning rod. Last I heard it's not as hard as steel.

Agreed.

However… even wind can apparently do damage, eventually!

(Admittedly, most of us haven’t had our rifles quite this long!)

 

[kmoore]

What ever your cleaning rod is made of, wipe the darn thing off after a pass through the barrel. No reason to keep pushing crap through the barrel. A clean patch goes 1 way, the rod removed and wiped off. Yeah, I know some push and pull a patch back and forth a number of times. Not me.
Really you can clean your firearms however you want.

 

[thinckley]

What ever your cleaning rod is made of, wipe the darn thing off after a pass through the barrel. No reason to keep pushing crap through the barrel. A clean patch goes 1 way, the rod removed and wiped off. Yeah, I know some push and pull a patch back and forth a number of times. Not me.
Really you can clean your firearms however you want.

TBF, if you are pushing the patch all of the way through, then pulling it back, you are using two different sides of the patch.

 

[el caminero]

TBF, if you are pushing the patch all of the way through, then pulling it back, you are using two different sides of the patch.

That isnt an absolute 50/50, but good enough for economical arguments.

 

[Mobuck]

Some of these comments have merit if/when applied to PRECISION bores. Most won't really matter if/when applied to mass production/price point barrels.
I'll admit that constant cleaning from the muzzle w/o some sort of guide can and will cause crown wear BUT this isn't WW1 or WW2 GI's swabbing corrosive primer residue out of Mauser/Springfield/Garand barrels every night.

 

[el caminero]

Some of these comments have merit if/when applied to PRECISION bores. Most won't really matter if/when applied to mass production/price point barrels.
I'll admit that constant cleaning from the muzzle w/o some sort of guide can and will cause crown wear BUT this isn't WW1 or WW2 GI's swabbing corrosive primer residue out of Mauser/Springfield/Garand barrels every night.

Gritty field dirt dont care how old or expensive the barrel.

 

[Mobuck]

I think you missed my point. The bore of a $200 price point rifle is highly unlikely to have the same tolerances/finish of a $500 barrel blank. Therefore, it much less likely that a slight bit of crown sear/damage will make any diff in it's performance.

 

[el caminero]

I think you missed my point. The bore of a $200 price point rifle is highly unlikely to have the same tolerances/finish of a $500 barrel blank. Therefore, it much less likely that a slight bit of crown sear/damage will make any diff in it's performance.

Any barrel will wear down from improper handling. Its just silly to say, aw, its only 200 bucks, who cares...
I aint that rich, and may never be.