do you use this .17hmr cleaning technique?

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i took a trip to the gun store yesterday and when i looked up on the shelf i noticed 2 heavy barreled savage .17 hmr's one wood one synthetic stocks. I only had 70 bucks on my so i hurried home and i grabbed my savage .270 that i had been trying to get rid of. By the time i got back someone had already bought the wood stock savage so i traded in my .270 got the .17 and 200 rounds of ammo, and i still got a lot of money back!!. I was proud of myself. I've only shot 5 rounds through it trying to get my simmons 3-9x50 close enough to sight it in. After i had shot the 5 rounds i took the gun inside to inspect they barrel and there was unburnt powder all the way down the barrel. I wasn't to pleased with this so i got some 30lb fishing line and fed it down the barrel and tied a cleaning patch with solvent on it and pulled it out of the barrel until it was clean. Has somebody already thought of this idea? How many times should i shoot it before i get a wire brush for it (which is impossible to find)?
 
You can also use weedeater line to pull a patch through the bore. This is very popular way to clean the 17, and even the 22 rimfires. You just heat the end of the line with a match and form a ball on the end of the line. Then, put a hole in the patch and slide it down the line, pull it through the barrel, and the ball will hold the patch tight to the bore. MI VHNTR
 
Cleaning supplies for the hummer are being dispersed slooowly. After calling a couple of gun shops I found a kit. Made by Kleenbore it came w/3 piece steel rod, jag, and brush for $12.99. I bought two extra brushes that were a couple of bucks a piece. Call around a bit and you will find one. Also 17HMR shoots really dirty as you have allready found out. I clean my Marlin at least every 20 rds. or my groups go from all touching to the size of my fist.
 
One piece coated cleaning rods need to be used on all barrels for cleaning. Improper cleaning causes more barrel damage than shooting. 2 or 3 piece steel rods can cause problems where they joint or screw together and steal on steel is not a good thing. I would recommend checking out this site for all your cleaning needs. They are some of, if not, the best around. www.deweyrods.com
 
I agree get a one piece rod. They are durable and better for your barrel. The monofiliment idea is good but youl get more clean with a rod. You should not have prob finding a .17 rod. The 17 rem has been around a long time.
 
I use coated rods for almost everything (BoreTech and Dewey), but for .17's I prefer the non-coated rod from Pro-shot. .17 rods are pretty thin, and bending them is a real problem. Basically, there are two groups of .17 caliber cleaning rod users, those who HAVE bent rods, and those who WILL bend rods. The un-coated rod can utilize more steel in the diameter than the coated. At least, that's my take on it. But regardless, the Pro-shot .17 rod is a good one. The surface isn't coated, but it is finished extremely well, with normal wiping, it won't get any embedded grit.

Their bronze brushes are the best I've used too, in all calibers - and I've used brushes from pretty much all the custom BR suppliers.

- DAA
 
I have to agree with DAA about 17cal rods. Uncoated is the way to go. Coated ones are just not stiff enough. Even in the larger calibers, many of the very top competitors swear by uncoated rods. As long as you wipe the rod thoroughly every time it comes out of the barrel, there does not seem to be any difference in barrel damage, in the larger calibers. In 17cal, even with an uncoated rod, a good bore guide and careful stroking are in order.

Jack
 
It's a long plastic cylinder that goes in the chamber that guides your cleaning rod and brush right into the bore so you don't damage the inside of the chamber after many times of cleaning
 
Go to www.otisgun.com This company produces a very compact cleaning system. This is the same system used by several U.S. military units. It consists of a plastic coated flexible cable & is designed to clean from breech to muzzle.

You will not be disappointed.

-blackfoot
 
Just be careful not to let the cable of the Otis kit drag on the edge of the muzzle while you are pulling it. Let it drag, and use it very much, and it will ruin the crown in a big way. I've got one, that I use on semi-auto rimfires once in awhile.

- DAA
 
My only semi-auto rimfire is a highly modified 10/22. I put a hole in the back of the receiver so I can clean it from the breech. Simple solution, and also acts as a bore guide.

Not that I clean 22LRs very often. A good match barrel 22LR almost never needs cleaning. The action, bolt, chamber, need cleaning regularly to get rid of all the lube and powder fouling. The barrel almost never.

Jack
 
I've got a semi-auto .22 Mag that starts opening up noticeably after about 500 rounds, so I clean it once in awhile. My 10/22's, those barrels literally almost never get cleaned.

- DAA
 
As much as it takes. Every barrel is different, just have to see for yourself what it takes to get it clean.

My Marlin .17HMR hardly copper fouls at all. Mostly just powder fouling. And it has been shot up to about 70 rounds without cleaning and the girls were still hitting shotgun shells at 100 yds with it. A few wet patches, ten strokes with a brush, a couple more wet patches and couple of dry ones is all it has ever needed.

I'm going to let it go a couple hundred rounds without cleaning, just to see.

- DAA
 
DAA.... So you're saying the .17hmr is a girls caliber eh? I sighted in my savage heavy barreled .17 today and now i see why EVERYONE wants to buy them. They are one nice performing rimfire. I set it an inch high at 50 yards and i was exploding mountain dew bottles at 175 yards!! i couldn't believe i was shooting that far accurately with a rimfire. It was also blasting through a 2"x6" that i stabled my targets to at 175 yards. This little gun might just deserve a better scope than the simmons 3-9X50.
 
Not at all. Just said that the day mine went 70 rounds without cleaning, girls happened to be shooting it. Out of all the rifles they had to choose from that day, the .17 HMR was their favorite though.

- DAA
 
DAA.... i saw a pic of your reloading room on your site. how'd you talk your wife into that one?
And, tried the 17hmr on any chucks and p.dogs? how'd it do? what kind of ranges?
I'm thinking about ordering a laminated stock for my savage. would you recommend me bedding the action? can you buy a kit for it? I've never done it before. should i just forget about it because i'll just screw it up?
 
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