Cleaning 22 revolver
A friend and I went into a lengthy debate about the theory that the barrels of .22 firearms should/should not be regularly cleaned. My view is that as with all firearms, they should be cleaned throughout after each daily session. Brett's opinion was that the mechanics should be cleaned as you would normally, but the barrel should be left alone because of a few reasons, (1) that the lubricating compound used on .22 ammunition keeps a film of it inside the barrel and in support of that (2) that once a firearm has been "shot in" with that particular brand - Lot Number, it should be left alone until such time that the Lot Number has been changed, and also that cleaning the barrel would interfere with its "zero".
Quite simply, I would be very interested to get the opinion from those much more experienced than I, and whether Brett is right. Either way, I expect that the friendship bond between us will not change, we have been through many and much more serious "debates"