Reddit mentions of Hoppe's Boresnake Viper m 16, .22 - .225 Caliber Rifle, Clam E/F (colors may vary)

Neither. A dry boresnake. Or are we getting our lines crossed?

One of these things.

He's right about the bore snake definitely check that out. You can find them on Amazon for a better price than you see in stores/online

http://www.amazon.com/Hoppes-24011-BoreSnake-Cleaner-22--223/dp/B0000C50K3/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415661560&sr=8-1&keywords=bore+snake

Depends if were talking just any normal gun not surplus ammo, I typically put bit of oil down the barrel and run a bore snake through it repeatedly. Works well on a mosin shooting non corrosive.

http://www.amazon.com/Hoppes-24011-BoreSnake-Rifle-Cleaner/dp/B0000C50K3/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382451527&sr=8-1&keywords=bore+snake

As for size a Mosin is 7.62 MM or .297 so a .30-30 or for a .308 round will work. Since 7mm .280 - .270 tend to be to small. Need to make sure any gun powder is removed from the breech, and bolt face using bit of hoppes or oil and a brush, I use a old tooth brush. Then Once a year she gets the strip down deep clean.

Now for corrosive ammo that stuffs a bit more nasty, windex or lots of hoppes, in the reciever, strip the bolt, again cleaned well with windex, hoppes, water or anything to help neutralize the primer corrosive salts. Use my bore brush to help knock any loose powder and primer salts out. Once I think its fairly clean can see down the barrel and no powder residue and my nice rifling, time to oil that girl up. Patches with oil through the bore, rub oil into the breech, bolt, reassemble the bolt and then the yearly tear down regardless of if I've shot corrosive or non. If its going to say sit in the gun safe for extended period of time like winter I might leave a heaver coat of oil on it.

Alright, basic .22 LR rifle cleaning is really simple.

In general, cleaning a gun can be as easy or as complicated as you want it to be.

Get a Boresnake. Select the .22 caliber one.

Take it with you when you shoot. Once you're done shooting for the day, run the bore snake through the barrel a couple of times (from the breech to the muzzle). This will help get some of the gunk out of the barrel.

If you want to get your barrel cleaner, spray or pour some solvent down the barrel and then run the bore snake through it.

The best way to get a barrel extremely (and unnecessarily) clean is to get something like Montana X-Treme bore solvent, apply some to a cloth patch, and run the patch through the barrel on a cleaning jag with a one piece rod. Let it soak for about 20 minutes, and then maybe run another couple of soaked patched through. Then, run a copper brush through the bore on a one piece cleaning rod a few times (making sure to only go from the breech to the muzzle), and then run another patch through it. The patch should come out blue, from the copper you've scrubbed out. Then, you can soak a patch with some copper solvent and run that through a few times. Let it soak. Scrub the barrel again with a copper brush and then push patches through the barrel until they come out white as fresh snow. Apply a super small amount of oil to a patch and run that through the barrel. Then, one last clean patch. There's literally no reason to clean a barrel that thoroughly, but that is the way to get basically everything out of it.

For detailed cleaning of the bolt and action, watch a youtube video on how to disassemble the bolt assembly. Do that, soak everything in solvent for a few minutes, and then scrub everything that's dirty with a toothbrush until the grime is loosened up. Then, wipe everything off with an old cut up sock or t-shirt. Repeat as needed, until everything is clean. Apply a super light coat of oil to any part that moves or rubs against another part. You may want to apply oil to the surface of the firearm to prevent surface rust.

May want to pick up a Boresnake. They're very helpful.

I like the magpul flip up sites.

https://www.magpul.com/firearms-accessories/sights/see-all

A cheap magwell might be nice to see how you like them:

https://armaspec.com/product/magwell-grip/

Lancer mags are nice:

https://lancer-systems.com/awc/advanced-warfighter-magazines/

A red dot is a must have, lots of options and budget ranges, so pick your flavor.

A good trigger is nice, no idea what kind of trigger you like, but the obvious go to are the geissele:

https://geissele.com/rifle-parts/lower-parts/triggers.html

I've become a fan of the boresnake:

https://www.amazon.com/Hoppes-Boresnake-M-16-22-Caliber/dp/B0000C50K3/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1550425188&sr=8-3&keywords=hoppes+bore+snake+223

The strike industry charging handles are nice:

https://www.primaryarms.com/strike-industries-arch-ar15-charging-handle-extended-latch

Go with a Bore Snake. Makes life much easier. My .22 caliber one works fine on my 30-30 and Mosin.

Use this every time you go to the range, use it frequently

• Bore snake - Use this every time you go to the range, use it frequently
  
  
• Ballistol or Solvent (Hoppes 9)+oil (Hoppes oil is fine too)
  
  
• Q-Tips
  
  
• Paper towels
  
  Every once in long while, several hundred rounds, go through and do a deep clean to remove copper and whatnot:
  
  
• Brass jags
  
• Patches
  
• Single piece rod. My preference is in the longest length you can get.
  
• Bore guide
  
• Sweets copper solvent
  
  That's it for me.