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Posted: 8/9/2026 11:06:27 AM EDT
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This question is for those of you who shoot a lot with rimfire bolt action rifles. We are working on some new stocks for rimfire bolt actions and need to know the frequency if ever that you remove the bolt from your rifle for cleaning. Also, do you ever have to remove the action from the stock for cleaning? Pretty much interested in any brand of bolt action rimfire right now as we need to know how dirty they may or may not get. We have them but we dont ever get to shoot them enough to know these answers. |
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CZ457 - Shot 1800rds of CCI Subsonics last summer through today. It's pretty dirty and I need to clean it. I will pull the bolt when I clean it, otherwise I'll leave it alone. It has never been cleaned as I just purchased it last summer. It has always been shot suppressed. I'll likely only clean it annually unless it becomes symptomatic. The action was taken out of the stock to install the YoDave spring within the first 3-400rds. I likely won't take it out again unless a reason arises. Hope this data point helps. |
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Originally Posted By wildturl1: I always remove the bolt when I clean the gun. I prefer to start the cleaning rod from the breach. Not regularly but I have removed the action from the stock to clean and oil the bottom. |
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Originally Posted By bluedog82: Another vote for removing the bolt only, but even suppressed it takes much longer to get dirty than my 10/22s. Also, the Ruger American Rimfire could really use a solid aftermarket stock option! The Ruger American along with the Cz rifles are on our radar. Those will be more for our premier stocks for sure and on the schedule for this year but boy or boy does it take time to work through a new out of the box design and get it into production. The odd one we are working on now is more of a youthfull fun/tactical stock for the Marlins/Savages. |
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Originally Posted By MarkBinSC: I don’t take my CZ 457 out of the stock unless I need to work on the trigger. The bolt comes out all the time for cleaning. There are some ranges/matches that require you to remove the bolt when the range is cold. Now that is something we did not know about. Thats some great info. We use the same range for our testing so frequently, they let us do whatever we want, so we are not even aware of such things. Edit to add, they know our safety procedures are very tight, so they cut us slack. |
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I shoot pretty serious long range rimfire competition ( nrl22 and similar, some of the matches go beyond 300 yards) I NEVER disassemble my guns for cleaning or remove bolts. Swab and scrub the chamber and then a few bore snake passes. Lube the proper places. I have fired in excess of 50K plus rounds in competition in the last 4 years alone - malfunctions occurrence 0 Once a gun is set up and running well DO NOT DISASSEMBLE IT Don’t fix what isn’t broken |
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I remove the bolt every time I clean and clean from the chamber end with action specific bore guides. 77/22 cz452 Ruger PRS22 (ain’t nothing precision with these) Win 52 and 75 40x Voodoo I don’t clean the guns every range trip if it’s going back out to the range and not longer term safe storage. A wipe down and a couple dry patches is ok for most of them unless they suddenly start shooting more fliers. Edit. I generally never take the stocks off without a good reason. Initially i often do for inspection and I like to put a layer of paste wax on the metal as a longer term rust preventative under the wood line. To me there is no good reason to once the gun is set up and shooting. I have never been a big explorer in tuning action screw torque unless what I have isn’t working the way I think it should. |
| I take my bolts out every time the gun goes into the case. Seen way too many bolts break from leaving them in the action while transporting. The action doesn't come out of the stock very often. But the action screws are checked for the correct torque every time I go shooting. Rimfires can be very picky about this. So it is checked all the time. |
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I have, 452’s, 455, 457, T-Bolt, and T1x. Almost always clean them immediately after shooting and the bolt always gets removed. Never take them out of the stocks to clean. I have been keeping an eye out on your website for the new stock in the works. Highly interested! https://www.troupsystems.com/product/rhineland-next-gen-rimfire-rifle-stocks/ |
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| If the cheek piece has to be removed to get the bolt out of the rifle, make it easy to do so. I made spacers out of clear tubing so my Tikka M595 cheek piece would return to the exact same position every time. Include 6” of tubing with each stock, that’s way more than they will need. |
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CZ 452V and Ruger 77-22. I remove the bolt for cleaning every time. It takes seconds. I haven't removed the barreled actions from the stocks since I did trigger inlet or sear work when I bought them years ago. Timney!!! 
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