Thread: .22lr Barrel Cleaning

I’ve always had a proper barrel cleaning regime on my Centerfire Rifles but when it comes to my .22lr Rifles I just put them away with a bit of a wipe down externally.
My Tikka T1x has had at a guess maybe 3500 - 4000 rounds down the tube and hasn’t been cleaned once.
I honestly have never considered the condition of the barrel until a Mate mentioned that he had gone through a real drama with his CZ rifle recently when its accuracy just dropped off suddenly.
Anyway he invested in a barrel scope camera and found that there was a serious buildup of Carbon and other stuff particularly in or near the chamber area .
A serious clean and it reverted back to its old normal accuracy.
So I took my Tikka around to his place this morning and yes my old faithful has a big buildup in the same area .
About an hour of huffing and puffing and much scrubbing of my barrel and it’s now back to factory specs

I have no idea if it will improve things , but at least I know it’s clean and will be good for numerous more Bricks of ammo .

What is everyone’s .22lr barrel cleaning regime ?