Tech
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My question is what have your experiences been with rimfire guns? (10/22 and 22/45 is what I am working with) is it better to run them dry? Wet as hell? Or slightly wet?
Rimfire guns....to lube or not to lube
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Matt1911
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I run my 22/45 slightly wet.
wgm2011
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Slightly wet works in all my .22LR rifles and pistols.
Get it a little too wet and that dang dirty .22LR ammo will gum things up quickly.
Bill
Get it a little too wet and that dang dirty .22LR ammo will gum things up quickly.
Bill
dennishoddy
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Slightly wet as well.
Tech
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Thanks for the input guys! I figured too much oil and it would gum up quicker, but figured I'd ask.
mcintireb
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I've followed the suggestion of others and spray Hornady One Shot on both my Rugers for lubrication .
Very little fouling noticed so far and they functioned well in two competition shoots. No issues
Very little fouling noticed so far and they functioned well in two competition shoots. No issues
Tech
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The cleaner/dry lube stuff? That sounds like a good idea!
mcintireb
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Yes
Same spray people use on clean cart cases before running through the reloader.
Same spray people use on clean cart cases before running through the reloader.
Tech
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toothandnail
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Lube
A guy brought one in the shop last week, wouldn't run.
He said "it's been leaning up in the corner for about 5 years, tried to shoot a coyote that was after my animals."
It was BONE dry and covered in dust, action was gritty, cleaned and lubed it. He's happy as a clam.
The OTHER 22 he dropped off will take a little more. I'll try and take a pic to post tomorrow.
A guy brought one in the shop last week, wouldn't run.
He said "it's been leaning up in the corner for about 5 years, tried to shoot a coyote that was after my animals."
It was BONE dry and covered in dust, action was gritty, cleaned and lubed it. He's happy as a clam.
The OTHER 22 he dropped off will take a little more. I'll try and take a pic to post tomorrow.
I also cast a vote for lightly wet.
I have a S&W 15-22 that runs flawlessly. I will run 500+ rounds through it during a day at the range.. without any issues. I use Castrol full synthetic 5w20 motor oil. I figure if this stuff will protect & lubricate my car & truck engines, all my high temp lawn equipment and my 20 KW natural gas fueled generator without any issues, then it should also protect my gun's moving parts too. And $8 for a quart bought a life time supply of oil.
This oil keeps sludge from building up in a motor.. it also seems to also keep carbon from sticking to the inside my chambers and from sticking to the moving parts of the guns.
I also use this on my Glocks, my ARs and my shotguns.
I have a S&W 15-22 that runs flawlessly. I will run 500+ rounds through it during a day at the range.. without any issues. I use Castrol full synthetic 5w20 motor oil. I figure if this stuff will protect & lubricate my car & truck engines, all my high temp lawn equipment and my 20 KW natural gas fueled generator without any issues, then it should also protect my gun's moving parts too. And $8 for a quart bought a life time supply of oil.
This oil keeps sludge from building up in a motor.. it also seems to also keep carbon from sticking to the inside my chambers and from sticking to the moving parts of the guns.
I also use this on my Glocks, my ARs and my shotguns.
59nolimit
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Just getting time to clean my 22's I use for a steel pin shoot here. I think I left my mkIII hunter a little to wet last time cause it gummed up alot faster than normal. I will leave it a little less wet this time.
mcintireb
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Glad the One Shot worked well for you, Tech.
Did you notice any build-up of residue or gunpowder particles?
Did you notice any build-up of residue or gunpowder particles?
dennishoddy
Moderator
We get a lot of newbs at our Steel Challenge matches. When I'm RO'ing them I'll notice most are bone dry of lube, and they have a series of malfunctions. I keep oil in a little bottle with a needle dispenser in it in the range bag, and make an announcement to our squad that if anybody needs to lube their gun I have oil to do it, and have yet to get a taker from the dry gun folks. They continue the match with malfunctions.toothandnail said:
Probably the same ones that blame the gun as not being reliable, and trash the brand.
RevoShooter
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I prefer most of my guns to be slightly wet.
I'm really surprised this hasn't turned into an innuendo joke yet.
I'm really surprised this hasn't turned into an innuendo joke yet.
Bru460
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Run it dry run it slightly wet just run it. I've had a lot of 10/22's they seem pretty maintenance free. Pull a bore snake through it every once in a while.
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