I have always gone the Full Monty on cleaning even my .22s; wet patch, brush, dry patches, oiled patch.
Now, on the interweb I am reading that maybe you should not clean a .22 other than just a dry patch to remove loose crud.
The theory is that since the bullet is only traveling at 1640 fps max and that the bullet is not copper coated then copper fouling is not an issue.
Further, the bullets are coated with a wax lube. This lube lines the barrel improving accuracy and provides enough moisture protection that bore cleaning followed by oil is not necessary.
The non-cleaning camp says that if you do clean a .22 you are just going to have to shoot several rounds through the barrel to get it 'seasoned' again.
Of course, there are differing opinions on this.
What do you folks that shoot a lot of .22 rounds think?
Now, on the interweb I am reading that maybe you should not clean a .22 other than just a dry patch to remove loose crud.
The theory is that since the bullet is only traveling at 1640 fps max and that the bullet is not copper coated then copper fouling is not an issue.
Further, the bullets are coated with a wax lube. This lube lines the barrel improving accuracy and provides enough moisture protection that bore cleaning followed by oil is not necessary.
The non-cleaning camp says that if you do clean a .22 you are just going to have to shoot several rounds through the barrel to get it 'seasoned' again.
Of course, there are differing opinions on this.
What do you folks that shoot a lot of .22 rounds think?