drill a hole in the back of your ruger 10/22?

[Eyesac]

Seems like a good enough idea, but I don't clean my bore on my 10/22 much either way...

 

[Princi]

Guys, I totally missed the fact that the hole would be covered by the stock anyhow. Hopefully, that is true for the Charger as well.

I have a little brass thing that has a cone shape and goes on the cleaning rod. You push it up against the crown, which protects the crown somewhat. I don't know what they call it.

Incidentally, this is just a small portion of the information that is contained in the ebook, which I bought. He has several other ideas that I haven't seen posted elsewhere. Although I'm basically cheap, I thought the information was well worth the 12 dollars.

What I didn't like is that I had to pay for it via Paypal, which I'm not too fond of using. (I use Prudential Financial Master Card, which allows you to generate a new card number, date the card expires, and maximum amount for the purchase, for each online purchase).

 

[41magsnub]

I'll echo the boresnake comments. Same end result with no risk. It is what I do for mine on the rare occasion I feel the need to clean the bore on a 10/22.

 

[highorder]

That having been said, I found an easier way of drilling the hole with no need for a jig... I just chuck the bbl. into the lathe and use a 1/4" end mill in the tailstock... Since it's locating off of the bbl. centerline the location in the receiver is given.
-J.Burnett

For those with a lathe, that is the simplest method avaliable. Good thinking!

 

[ImARugerFan]

I use the patch worm for my 10/22. It was like $5 and can't damage the crown. Of course, I also cleaned the barrel from the crown with a rod for 10 years, didn't seem to hurt it at all.

 

[Jeff F]

Mr Scott and CRITGIT have it right. Bore guides or a bore snake. .22 bores do not need to be cleaned much. I don't clean my bores unless I see a drop in accuracy and thats usually after thousands of rounds. When I do clean I fish a piece of 440 chord through the bore from breach to muzzle, tie a knot in the end with a few drops of CLP and pull it through.

 

[akodo]

okay, I guess I can see the utility on a high end barrel, but for your average 10/22 i'd say not to bother, just boresnake it