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Step 4Barrel Cleaning
Pull out the cleaning patches and cleaning rod. Thread the patch through the jib on the end of the rod. Soak the patch in solvent.
Insert the rod at the muzzle and push it towards the butt of the gun.
When the rod comes out of the barrel and into the receiver, DO NOT pull it back through the barrel. Take the patch off and then pull the rod back out the way it came. Pulling the rod out with the dirty patch in it could get the dirt you just cleaned back in the barrel. I don't really know if this is true, but it is what most people tell me and it seems logical.
Continue to put solvent on and run them down the barrel until you get the bulk of the mess and break up the solids in there. You can check your barrel buy looking down it (duh).
After a while, you can just run dry patches until they come out white. It might take quite a few of them, so don't stop mid-way.
NOTE: If you have a copper brush, use it now too. They help a lot. I just don't have one for this rifle so I didn't use one.
Insert the rod at the muzzle and push it towards the butt of the gun.
When the rod comes out of the barrel and into the receiver, DO NOT pull it back through the barrel. Take the patch off and then pull the rod back out the way it came. Pulling the rod out with the dirty patch in it could get the dirt you just cleaned back in the barrel. I don't really know if this is true, but it is what most people tell me and it seems logical.
Continue to put solvent on and run them down the barrel until you get the bulk of the mess and break up the solids in there. You can check your barrel buy looking down it (duh).
After a while, you can just run dry patches until they come out white. It might take quite a few of them, so don't stop mid-way.
NOTE: If you have a copper brush, use it now too. They help a lot. I just don't have one for this rifle so I didn't use one.
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