Hello Guys,

I´m aware (I think ) of the rimfire cleaning procedures, and bought a PatchWorm to use in my little guns (.22´s). As I live in Brasil, and flamable solvents cannot be shipped, do you think that Bore Tech Eliminator, JB, Iosso, all non-flamable and "shipable", could be used as a rimfire solvent (powder, lead, etc) ? Which would be the most recomended ?

Regards,

Reiter.

You can allways make your own solvent: http://www.frfrogspad.com/homemade.htm

For disolving crud (wax/oil/powder,...), a can of brake cleaner works perfect!

While it probably cannot be shipped, I'd be surprised if WD40 isn't available in Brasil. It makes a pretty good solvent for cleaning .22's. Kudude

Brake cleaner works as well as anything.

scalding hot soapy water, then a hot rinse is very good..then a little oil.

WD-40 will work well enough and you can probably buy that in Brazil.

Cleaning a 22 isn't very necessary as todays ammo is lubed, I clean my once a year maybe, and it shoots today just like it did when I was 9..its the same gun.

Rust is your enemy and any good oil or grease will take care of that.

I am lazy! For .22s my standard cleaning consists of a device, made of weed whacker line, called the Patchworm, and CLP Breakfree.

Saturate a patch with CLP, run it through the bore, wait 5 minutes, dry patch twice, another CLP patch, 5 more minutes, 2 dry patches, last patch with light CLP, wipe the exterior, and finished.
That's all. This kept my firearms in good condition, with no rust during a 2 1/2 year storage in my brother in law's basement.

In the search for quick, I have just bought my first Hoppe's Boresnake, which I will use with CLP on my rimfires, with a patch ahead of the cleaning section for the first pass, in order to keep most dirt and crud off the cleaning floss, so it won't be carried into the bore again.