Adverse effects of cleaning too much????

Here is a post from Rec.gun from Clint McKee
of fulton armory and the late Gale McMillan.
The post was in context of "breaking in" a barrel, but I feel it applies here as well.

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From: "Clint McKee" <wcmckee@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: breaking in a barrel
Date: 14 Dec 1999 08:11:32 -0500


Hi Gale & Group!

Gale McMillan <gale@mcmfamily.com> wrote in message
news:38542B80.13ABBE1@mcmfamily.com...

# Any gun company or honest barrel maker will tell you to shoot it and
# keep it as clean as you can .There is nothing that a customer can do
# with a cleaning rod that can do anything but harm a barrel.

I _violently_ *AGREE*!

Thanks Gale.

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Thanks for the kind interest!

Clint
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I've read that a .22's bore shouldn't be cleaned very often at all. .22 bullets have a wax coating that coats the bore. From what I've read, the coating should be left in the bore.
 
A clean bore is a happy bore.

Unfortunately, many people do not know how to clean a gun and McKee's comments reflect that unfortunate situation.

As for keeping a .22 rimfire barrel dirty...no way. The bullet lube buildup in the bore does affect accuracy to a rather large degree. At least to precision shooters.
 
Uh, Schuemann says 'don't clean your pistol barrel'.
Many solvents are bad for your bore.

Some wags suggest that if a dirty combat gun doesn't function what good is it......

IMO a carry/combat gun should function, without care, for AT LEAST 2,000 continuous rounds. But that's just me......

www.schuemann.com



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