New Ruger 10/22 Maintenance Question

[Dan_Eastvale]

My 10/22 and Marlin 60 muzzle end with care

Not going to be shooting soda cans at 1000 yds

[rds95991]

I run the rod from the muzzle and then put a rod tip and patch on when the rod end is in the chamber and pull it out.

[Epaphroditus]

Me and the kids built 3 and have shot them a lot .... maybe 30,000 rounds total over the last 6 years. Including a couple 1000 rds Aquila (so dirty).

Have not cleaned any rifles ... cleaned mags a couple times.

Even shoot one with a suppressor and it's my late night critter getter (so it absolutely must work). FYI suppressed fire is like 50% dirtier ... still no issues.

Wiping dust off the optics is a frequent deal.

[AdamVIP]

I usually use a bore snake these days but if I use a rod, I?ll feed it from the muzzle, thread a patch while the tip is in the receiver and then pull it out. It?s slower but it does work.

If you want to clean with a rod this is how you do it. I just boresnake it myself.

[onthefence]

Brownells also makes something to drill a hole in the back of the receiver.

https://www.brownells.com/tools-cleaning/gun-tools/rifle-tools/1022~-receiver-drilling-jig/

[RandyD]

Today, I finally had the time to disassemble my 10/22 for initial cleaning.

Disassembly and cleaning went fine. The Otis Cable Patriot kit was indeed easy, albeit slow to use, because you have to pull the cable through the barrel, replace the old used patch and make a new one and reinsert each time from the breech end.

Where I had difficulty is reassembling and dropping the bolt into the receiver. Its no wonder that some videos on you tube showed using a screw driver to hold the bolt release way back into the rear of the receiver as you find the proper angle to drop in the bolt. Took me countless tries but eventually got it done.

Just an FYI to everyone, you need that screw driver!

I bought this tool to assist me in reinserting the bolt into the receiver. It makes the process easy. https://www.tandemkross.com/Gunsmith...%AE_p_140.html

OP, the Ruger 10-22 factory barrels are cheap and easy to replace. I would not worry about cleaning from the muzzle end. Randy at CT-Precision drilled a hole in the back of my receiver so I could clean from the chamber end, but i also have a Fedderson barrel on my rifle, so I would never consider cleaning from the muzzle end. As Mayor McRifle posted, there is a fixture so you can do it yourself.

[G-forceJunkie]

Unless y ou shot some bad ammo that leaded up the barrel, a bore snake should be all you need.

[Usmc0844spare]

Brownells also makes something to drill a hole in the back of the receiver.

https://www.brownells.com/tools-clea...-drilling-jig/

Everybody is on their own journey, but you really don't need a jig for this.

I invested in a center punch and some nice new drill bits, spent about 2 minutes carefully measuring, and just drilled a hole. It's pretty soft metal. No need to over-think it.

And I say this as someone who is known for "overthinking it".