Cleaning the .17 Hornet M25

[Orange_Crush]

Just looking for any tips and advise on cleaning the little .17. I find it to be the hardest most frustrating rifle to clean.

My frustration starts with the cleaning rod. I have been through or destroyed two so far.

[JLShipley]

I have a J Dewey and a Tetra Gun (by Prosmith) both 36" works great, working on a Bore Guide, one's coming, but won't know if it well work till I get my gun back from Savage......Used a modified .17 Remington, just used the front tip for the .17 and started my patch through the rear opening of the aluminum tube......It gets the patch and brush started.
Jim

[JLShipley]

I've found a Bore Guide that will work with the M25 .17...
Pro-Shot Products Bore Guide Bolt Action FITS MARLIN .17 HMR...... ( All White, Not aluminum) Had them on Amazon.....Midway too.
Sure has made it a lot easier.....works much better than the modified one I was using, this one fit snug in the bolt chamber, and against the Barrel Bore and the cleaning rod slips right in.
Jim S

[davemuzz]

I've been using a Tipton one piece and find that cutting the patches small is the only way to do a good clean up job of getting the gunk out of the bore. The .17 brass brushes are not bad to get down the bore's with bore solvent...but a dry patch can be a bear.

[JLShipley]

I've been using a Tipton one piece and find that cutting the patches small is the only way to do a good clean up job of getting the gunk out of the bore. The .17 brass brushes are not bad to get down the bore's with bore solvent...but a dry patch can be a bear.

I've been using Pro shot .17 Patches about 1" square , little cleaning/lube oil, first two patches, then dry one', when finished, end with a .17 mop. Brush, I've used a brush about 3 times, about ever 75 rounds.
How's your reloads going? What powders have you tried? I've used,H110,H4198,H355,Li/Gun
Jim

[Orange_Crush]

AA2200, IMR4831, still haven't found the combination that the rifle likes.

[davemuzz]

I'm loading with H-335. This is what I loaded my .17 Fireball with and I liked the success I had with it. If you look at the picture below the target on the right is a 100 yard group from my .17 Fireball. The flyer was my fault, but the group itself was either a 9 or ten shot group. The target on the left is my new .17 Hornet, and this was dialing in the Millett 1-4X scope at 100 yards. As you can see once I got it dialed in the group was nice. It was still a bit left, but I ran out of my Berger reloads. BTW, the load was 12gr. of H-355 for the Hornet and a 25gr. Berger bullet. Now that I have the hornet dialed in I plan on de-wrenching the Fireball and selling the barrel, brass and dies as a package. It's a great shooter, but the Model 25 is just a bit easier to carry around.

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[Orange_Crush]

For sure the powders I have been using are 100% based on what I can find in a post O*#^* world.

[shooter1059]

My rifle likes AA1680 with 20 grain v-max