Cleaning frequency of 17 HMR, 17 Mach2, and .22LR?

[Sniper66]

I'm wondering if you guys clean your 17s more frequently than your .22s. If heard the 17s shoot dirtier than .22. I've noticed my Anschutz 17HMR and 17Mach2 shoot better clean. I clean them about every 50-100 rounds; a good bore scrub. My .22s seem to shoot well almost without the bore being cleaned....I clean them anyway, but the accuracy rarely changes. Just wondering.

 

[DannyLandrum]

Cleeea-niiiing? [puzzled look]

 

[troy fairweather]

Only until you loose accuracy. i do a light oiled patch after shooting. if i know i will hunt the next day or two after i don't clean any

 

[Labguy47]

Why change a perfectly good zero

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

My 17HMR needs to be cleaned every hundred rounds or so to maintain accuracy. My 22's can be neglected far longer and remain accurate.

 

[Jerseykris]

I think this about sums it up for me too.
Same goes for my .17WSM

My 17HMR needs to be cleaned every hundred rounds or so to maintain accuracy. My 22's can be neglected far longer and remain accurate.

 

[doubleh]

I wipe the exterior of EVERY gun I own down with wax after every shooting session to prevent rust. 22 rimfire gets the bore cleaned when accuracy drops off. Anything that shoots a jacketed bullet gets the bore cleaned and an oily patch run thru it to prevent rust after every session. This procedure seems to work as I haven't had a firearm rust problem in so long I can't remember the last time it happened.

 

[Texas10mm]

The .17 caliber weapons seem to suffer from copper fouling.

.22 LR doesn't have that problem.

 

[Bfh_auto]

I'm wondering if you guys clean your 17s more frequently than your .22s. If heard the 17s shoot dirtier than .22. I've noticed my Anschutz 17HMR and 17Mach2 shoot better clean. I clean them about every 50-100 rounds; a good bore scrub. My .22s seem to shoot well almost without the bore being cleaned....I clean them anyway, but the accuracy rarely changes. Just wondering.

I spray brake cleaner on a bore snake and rip it through a few times when accuracy starts to go South.

 

[LoonWulf]

On my .17 I cleaned every 1-200rnds, as that's where groups started opening up. I also found that if I just pulled a dry bore snake thru every box or so I could get a bit more out of it before a cleaning.

My .22s get a couple passes with a clp soaked bore snake after each trip, just to remove some powder fouling and deposit the clp in the bore.

 

[d2wing]

Some rifles are pickier than others, when groups open up they are telling me to clean them.