Video: Cleaning Your 10/22 Rifle

Transcript for Rifle Cleaning

On screen: Cleaning Your 10/22 Rifle

Always follow the manufacturer's instructions for cleaning your firearm provided in your instruction manual. This content is a general guideline for this style of firearm.

Speaker fires two shots with a rifle.

People always ask, how often should I clean my gun? And that depends on a lot of variables such as your location, the humidity, if it's going to be in any kind of debris, how often you're shooting it. So, always make sure you check with the manufacturer's recommendations.

Now, let's go ahead and break this down and get it cleaned up.

Speaker fires two more shots.

Before we get going on this 10/22, we want to make sure that it's safe and clear.

So, we're going to drop the magazine, visually and physically inspect the firearm itself, making sure there's no rounds inside the chamber. Then, we're going to set all that to the side somewhere away from our work area. Don't skip this step, as it's the most important thing you'll do in this entire process.

Speaker places the rifle on a desk for cleaning.

To begin breaking down the 10/22, we're going to remove the barrel bed. It should slide right off the top after loosening.

Next, you're going to remove the screw on the bottom of the stock. And then, make sure that your safety is centered in the middle so that you can pull the receiver away from the stock.

Next, we're going to go ahead and remove the three pins. This will release the trigger group and the bolt.

Pay attention to how the bolt and recoil spring comes apart, as they can be a struggle during reassembly.

Now, let's get to cleaning. You're going to first run a brush that has been dipped in gun bore cleaner through the barrel.

Now, we're going to send a patch coated in a gun bore cleaner through the barrel, followed by a dry patch. We will do this until we get a clean patch back. Then, we're going to send a patch through that is coated in lubricating oil.

Now using the lubricating oil, we're going to clean the exterior of the barrel, the trigger assembly, bolt, and the recoil spring. You will likely need some utility brushes and picks to get in some of those hard-to-reach areas. Once we have all the gunk cleaned up, we will add a drop of lubricating oil to all the high-friction areas.

And last, we'll put it all back together, finishing it off with a wipe down.

Alright, now that we've got the 10/22 all put back together and cleaned up and looking nice, we're going to go ahead and put this back in a safe location per the manufacturer's instructions.