CZ HMR cleaning Help please

[Ddraig 0]

HI All

 

Just got my FAC and purchased a CZ 452HMR. Given it it first few shots today very pleased. Gave the barrel a clean no problem with the bronze brush. However when it came to the cloth

strip (Napier rifle clean)one hell of a job one even tore in half- put the wind up me. My question is is there an ideal size for the swab or do you consider a bore snake a better option. As the last thing i want is a knackered barrel. Rich

[SNAP SHOT 194]

you get patches for the hmr, it will also need a copper cleaning routine...

 

get yourself good quality rod too, like dewy for the .17

 

i always find after cleaning it takes the hmr a while to get back to accuracy..

 

good luck.

 

Snap.

[Deker 3,478]

I'd go along with SS above very largely, but I seem to be back to zero with just one shot on the HMR, usually park one in the dirt as I get to the shoot and off we go. Mine is a 452 Silhouette with full length barrel and SAK!

 

Anyway, other issues, you will soon get used to what size you need to cut the patches, and personally I'd say stay well away from a boresnake on a 17 HMR.

 

Dewey rods are good, the only one I have though (or can afford) is for my HMR, because that bore is so tiny!!

[danebrewer10 6]

I clean my HMR every time out, I use alternate bronze brush and patch though I don't use a Jag because I haven't seen one of the spear type ones and the loop type are just shit, my experience is that they are very fussy on the thickness of material you put on the jag- too much or too thick and you can't even consider putting in down the bore without it getting stuck, a tiny bit less and it literally falls through the bore.

I cut rifle clean into 2" or 2 1/4" lengths and then cut those lengthways into about 5 strips, I then wrap them in a spiral around the brush, just touching, and with a cotton bud, just dab the solvent on the patch strip, (i use pro shot copper solvent IV)and run it through the bore, unscrew the brush and pull the rod back out, take the patch off and then run the brush through, doing this until it's clean, my theory being that the bristles will push the patch into the grooves.

Perhaps if I get a CF rifle i'll have to get a proper jag and use thicker patches, but ATM it seems to work fine for me!

 

Cheers

DB

[Ddraig 0]

I clean my HMR every time out, I use alternate bronze brush and patch though I don't use a Jag because I haven't seen one of the spear type ones and the loop type are just shit, my experience is that they are very fussy on the thickness of material you put on the jag- too much or too thick and you can't even consider putting in down the bore without it getting stuck, a tiny bit less and it literally falls through the bore.

I cut rifle clean into 2" or 2 1/4" lengths and then cut those lengthways into about 5 strips, I then wrap them in a spiral around the brush, just touching, and with a cotton bud, just dab the solvent on the patch strip, (i use pro shot copper solvent IV)and run it through the bore, unscrew the brush and pull the rod back out, take the patch off and then run the brush through, doing this until it's clean, my theory being that the bristles will push the patch into the grooves.

Perhaps if I get a CF rifle i'll have to get a proper jag and use thicker patches, but ATM it seems to work fine for me!

 

Cheers

DB

 

Hi All

 

Thanks for the advice, have ordered some patches as SS suggested to try and gauge patch size and have the Parker Hale version of rod so will give it a go this weekend. Thanks again

Richard