Inner mag tube on .22wmr Frontier

[GunnyGene]

I've had a couple problems this tube. Sticky follower. So this morning I thought there was probably something inside the tube causing this. Couldn't drive the pin out, so just put a dry 9mm patch on a rod and pushed it in till it bottomed out. This is what it looked like:



Kinda nasty ain't it. Anybody ever have a similar problem?

Looks like the tube was not cleaned out subsequent to manufacturing. So started cleaning it with a patch soaked in Hoppes bore cleaner. Let it sit for a while, then about a dozen more patches and it's starting to look a little better, but I ain't done yet. I may squirt some brake cleaner down in there later to see if that helps.

[BigAl52]

Yup my 22 LRs were the same way Gene. It was enough so that the bullets would not slide down the tube very well when loading the gun. They slide down now.

[GunnyGene]

Sounds like it's common then. It's not a good look for them. Henry should do something about the raw pipe stock before they cut and assemble. Or if they sub it out the vendor should clean it up before sending it to Henry.

[Mags]

I haven't had a sticky follower, but I've seen this grim as well. I suspect it's preservative lubricant + some blowback grim. A first cleaning before first use is recommended to remove the preservative throughout the firearm. With my first Henry, I didn't even think about cleaning the inside of the inner mag tube. I did so much later and found it similarly dirty. With the last Henry I bought, it did occur to me to include cleaning the tube before first use. What I got looked like a preservative lubricant.

[GunnyGene]

I haven't had a sticky follower, but I've seen this grim as well. I suspect it's preservative lubricant + some blowback grim. A first cleaning before first use is recommended to remove the preservative throughout the firearm. With my first Henry, I didn't even think about cleaning the inside of the inner mag tube. I did so much later and found it similarly dirty. With the last Henry I bought, it did occur to me to include cleaning the tube before first use. What I got looked like a preservative lubricant.

Could be some kind of preservative I suppose. Only have about 100 rnds thru the gun, and I clean/lube the action regularly, but never thought about the mag tube .

Never had this issue with my old Win 9422M in over 50 years of use. Shoulda kept it, but sold it about 3 years ago

Anyway the brake cleaner washout seemed to take care of it well enough, so I'll include running a patch down it as part of regular cleaning post shooting.

I'll have to check my .41mag carbine now to see what it looks like.

[BigAl52]

The 41 will be just like the 22Mag. Hows the scope workin out.

[GunnyGene]

The 41 will be just like the 22Mag. Hows the scope workin out.

I checked it right after my last and it came out pretty clean. Haven't had any issues at all with the carbine since I bought it a few years ago.

The Bushnell is great on the Frontier.

I did buy a Walmart Barska ($39) about a week ago for the 10-22. That's working out well also so far. Had a cheap reddot on it for awhile, which wasn't satisfactory, but didn't want to spend a bunch on a sub $300 rifle.

Generally, I'm pretty satisfied with all of my collection. Probably won't buy anything else, except ammo, but we'll see.

[leverjc]

After cleaning the inner mag tubes of my lever actions, I lube with a dry lube. I used to use Remington dry lube but now I clean and lube them in one step using Hornady One Step spray cleaner and lube.