New .22LR Rifle going to be shot first time.

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bullethole1

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I have a New Marlin 60 that I havent shot yet which Im sure everybody knows about it from previous pictures of it and questions that I asked about dry firing it 1 or 2 times. I will go to the farm in a few hours and try it out. I wanted to know just to make sure if it would be wise to oil the chamber up(internal parts/action) with oil such as "Rem Oil" . I been doing this for quite some time in my life with other guns but I just wanted to make sure it wont hurt it like when dieseling a pellet gun like a break barrel due to the oil in the barrel to combust,which if you continue to do that over time it might damage the pellet gun(spring,seals,barrel). This time I wont be using one of my scopes because I just wanted to see how it will work out due to the fact it got dry fired a few times so I hope the chamber will hold shells and continue to eat the ammo:eek::D

Thanks alot folks from South Texas.
 
Hello, bullethole 1..NO oil in chamber or brl. run dry patch thru chamber/bore before firing..while you might think that light coat of oil in there won't hurt..think again..as bullet speeds down brl. that oil will begin to pile up in front of it..if enough is in there, it can't move out of the way fast enough..result.. a bulge in your nice shiny new brl!
 
Rimfires are best with minimum oil. .22lr is pretty dirty and oil just collects more crud. A dry lube on the action parts and a dry patch down the barrel before shooting. Use compressed air to blow out the action after a days shooting and light oiled patch for the tube. Don't over clean it, these generally shoot better with a fouled barrel.
 
I would go even further and actually run a little bit of cleaner through the barrel just to make sure all the original factory oil was removed.
 
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