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My father has owed a 17hmr for a about 2 years. I use it on the odd occasion. It's had a brick of ammo through it in that time (250 rounds?). It's never had the barrel cleaned, and we have both noticed its accuracy has dropped off a little (50 metre zero seems fine).
Given its skinny little barrel, what equipment do I need? How often should it be cleaned?
Haha funny you bring this up. I just cleaned out the barrel of ours after about 200 rounds and accuracy had dropped it was filthy. Went out last night and got 3 cats and a handful of hares. 100% kill rate.
I use a 1 piece rod, note some rods are larger than .17 so you need a skinny one, then a jag with a patch soaked in boretech eliminator, I then run dry patches through until clwan. Maybe repeat.
Mine wasn't coppered at all just a shit load of carbon
Yep. It is a filthy little round. I put a boresnake through mine after every use and it seems just fine. Oil it lighly before storing and then boresnake a couple of times to get oit out before shooting.
As above. Use a specific .17 HMR cleaning rod. I prefer the carbon fibre rods over the steel ones. I use Hoppes #9 but anything that deals with copper and carbon will be best.
They do like to be kept clean.
Either a boresnake or a one-piece rod - the bore is so damn tiny that a multi-piece rod isn't a good idea.
Clean ever 100 rounds, and if you have a suppressor, clean that out too!
Interesting as to what material a rod should be, BP shooting with some guys the other week and they are using steel as it doesn't seem to affect the bore such as brass, aluminium etc, I know there are rules on steel on steel, but this was their thinking, interested in any thoughts!:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunzrrr
Probably a bit tricky to keep the rod off of a 17 cal bore i imagine.
I found that to be the case Cam, but even getting a boresnake through is a mission sometimes. The bore is tight enough before you put a few rounds down it, and it often takes a minute or two to get the snake through after a session
Alot of people think just because the 17 HMR is a rimmed case you dont need to clean it. This is true for alot of rimmed cases as they have a wax coating that protects the bore from rust, as the 17 HMR has a jacketed bullet just like most larger cals it need some cleaning after used if you want years of trouble free use.
Hey Maca49 ... I'm no expert on cleaning rod technology but the guy who sold me my cleaning rods stocked a number of brands utilising different shaft materials and he said the carbon fibre rods had less likelihood of damaging the bore. I believed him and now all my rods are carbon fibre. Maybe I'm a sucker for a good story ... Hmmm ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Yep I use a carbon one as well On larger cals I use Alloy or steel.
Carbon Fibre would be good as less likely to damage and anything that gets scraped off wouldn't cause dissimilar metal corrosion?
Once the resin is scratched does your carbon solvent eat your carbon rod?:D
Be minor if at all as it is impregnated? Not sure how hungry the solvent is though?Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Sounds like a good night to me:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
What rod do you have, I've had 2 accu-tech 4 piece rods and they've both broken at the ferrule. Cheers
Hello - you been missing for 6 years :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by willett6
They is a video on reloaders supplies on cleaning a 17hmr with a rod and using the ends of cotton buds.
https://youtu.be/JqwwQ6j6Vec
Handy little 17 tip
A friend has a sako quad with 17 and 22 mag barrels he finds that both shoot better when dirty. It takes about 20 rounds after a bore clean to get it going again and then it seems good for 250 rounds. He doesn't chop and change ammo though hornady 17 and 30 only.
Need to get a .17 rod actually, any recommendations? I prefer one piece.
I've got no complaints with my Pro shot rod, for what that's worth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommy
Funny you say that as I find the same thing fur my CZ .17 HMRQuote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
Accuracy drops off after 400-500 rounds then it gets a good clean typically with Hoppes then I check the zero and find after 12-16 shots the groups are nice and tight
In the wait interval it's about right to smoke a cigarette. Standing away from the solvent bottle at the time would be advised.Quote:
Originally Posted by mimms2
Clean as per a centre fire. A good cleaning routine will not make shoot anymore accurately but will prolong the life of the barrel
Bryn
I clean my 17hmr only when the accuracy noticeable starts to drop off. I use a carbon Bore Tech one piece rod . However I did notice that on the last clean the accuracy wasn't really restored.
The rifle has done 5000 rounds, a bit of research showed shooters overseas experiencing the same issue.
The fix was a big scrub out of the bore to remove copper fouling, it took awhile and I was amazed how the copper had built up over a couple of years despite cleaning every 250 rounds or so.
End result was worth it with the accuracy back to normal.