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Deer rifle...how often do you clean it?
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Deer rifle...how often do you clean it?
Originally posted by tdwinklr View PostThis.
Several other comments in here are either jokesters(don't know why...) or just lazy. If you're sighting in your rifle with several shots or just shooting often, it should be cleaned afterward. Its going to corrode if you just let it sit with powder, copper, lead, etc. in the barrel. Some say, "oh I'll just blow the soot out of it when its dirty and its good as new." No.
Lol. You shooting black powder or what? As usual, your methods are still stuck in 1975.
I try to clean my bolt guns barrels around every 200-250 rounds. I clean the dust off and oil the actions as needed.
My ARs on the other hand, kinda get treated like a redheaded step child. My two that I generally run a thermal on might get cleaned every 500 rounds if they’re lucky. They get hosed down with brake cleaner and oil when the action starts getting gritty.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLast edited by Raider4044; 11-28-2022, 01:53 PM.
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Originally posted by tdwinklr View PostThis.
Several other comments in here are either jokesters(don't know why...) or just lazy. If you're sighting in your rifle with several shots or just shooting often, it should be cleaned afterward. Its going to corrode if you just let it sit with powder, copper, lead, etc. in the barrel. Some say, "oh I'll just blow the soot out of it when its dirty and its good as new." No.
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If she gets wet, she gets wiped down, and occasionally just because of dust.
The scope got knocked off on my 45 year old .264 some years ago, so I replaced it with a new one. When I did I tore it all the way down, and there was some legit funk inside it! That’s easily the hardest used rifle I own, and dad and uncle used it when I was young, and the funk didn’t hurt it.
The truck ARs get cleaned out a little more regularly because they’re so prone to dust.
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AR gets cleaned more than bolt guns or pump action shotguns. I always clean the outside no matter what to prevent rust. Also a deer rifle is a little different than a varmint/pig gun. You shoot those more often. A dedicated deer rifle/big game rifle could go a while without swabbing the barrel out. I normally clean my coyote/prairie dog rifles once a year other than taking an air hose and cleaning the dust off.
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