We don't need no stinkin' alibis!

[Rover]

Don Plante, Director of the Pistol Division at Phoenix Rod & Gun Club is selling a little device he makes ($2.00).

He bends a .22 bore brush into an "L" shape and wraps one end with tape.

Every 20 shots or so you use this to dry scrub your chamber.

Most guys here are now using them. I found I eliminated most smokestack and other feeding/extraction problems since I started using it.

Maybe not a new idea, but a good one.

[C. Perkins]

Hello Rover;

Would have been there today for the L match but did not see it until too late (did you win the .22 match ?)

For my .22, I use a .32-.35 brush with tape on it so I just go into the chamber and not into the lands and spin it around to remove the crud.

This is good for about 200 rounds with no problems.

As long as you keep the .22 chamber, the face and the extractor clean, there will be no alibi's 99.999 % of the time.

YMMV...

Clarence

[Rover]

Yeah, I won just to make Don feel bad.

That little trick does work, though, doesn't it?

[C. Perkins]

Good job Rover.

As far as a trick, no, it is gun care and maintenance which leads to reliability.

A clean gun is a happy gun : )

Clarence

[penman53]

I use a 25 caliber bore brush bent at about a 30 degree angle. I now use it with a handle from a RCBS primer hole cleaner. It works great and I keep it in my gun box all the time.

Mark