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Good morning All,
I have a Golden Boy, and am fortunate enough to live in a rural area in central Indiana. I have steel plates set up at the end of my property, and just to stay sharp, everyday without fail I shoot 20 rnds out of my GoldenBoy! But that begs the question, how often should it be cleaned? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Paul

you know what they say about opinions -- -- based on your stated use, I'd be prone to a thorough cleaning whenever you see any evidence that residue is building up to a comfortable with in the action or barrel .... I do believe in a thorough wipe down with a treated cloth after each handling ....

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The first 5 years that I had my Henry H001 Classic .22, I shot hundreds a loads through it each year. I normally Just ran a bore snake through the barrel a couple times after each use and used a brush or q-tips to clean the bolt face. After 5 years, I thought the inards of this rifle are probably really gunked up. I took off the butt stock and the receiver cover and took it apart like the Henry H004 take down video shows. There was practically no carbon build up at all. I have never taken it apart since then. I just keep shooting it, clean the barrel, chamber, and bolt face and go on.
It is like an old Timex - it just keeps on shooting.

Wabash kid wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:07 am

Good morning All,
I have a Golden Boy, and am fortunate enough to live in a rural area in central Indiana. I have steel plates set up at the end of my property, and just to stay sharp, everyday without fail I shoot 20 rnds out of my GoldenBoy! But that begs the question, how often should it be cleaned? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Paul

Adding to the advice pool.... How many rounds would you shoot if you spent the day or 1/2 day at a gun range? Since you shoot 20 everyday add up the number of rounds that you might shoot at a range day and then clean. Clean anyway before long term storage.

Cleaning frequently would also be determined by what ammo you are using. Copperplated tends to be cleaner

Well 20 rnds a day times 30 days is 600 rnds. So I’m thinking if I give it a good cleaning every two weeks. That’s like cleaning after a good day at the range, 300 rnds! And yes I always wipe her off with a treated gun rag, even after just handling her
Thanks Much
Paul

If you search through the past posts in the rimfire section you will find my post of a few years back about a Henry lever action .22 that was fired many many thousands of times in just a few days. Mr. I. even sent some ammo to help out. The point is that rifle was cleaned very little .

Feb. 26 , 2017 He shot 28 thousand rounds through a Golden Boy. Twenty one thousand before a good cleaning. Finally found when my post was about an article in Guns Of The Old West Magazine. Unfortunately the author has left this veil of tears.

As an aside to the Golden Boy mega shoot, most of the ammo was bulk ammo you know the kind that we all like to buy but don't like to admit to shooting.

Thanks for all the advice, I cleaned her after 300 rnds, and it was surisingly easy to clean. .22’s are filthy, but a couple patches soaked in solvent and a few strokes of the brush, was all it took, I use a jag to wipe the barrel out, it’s gets deeper into the rifling than a slotted patch, and all it took was 8 patches and those patches came out spotless.
Paul