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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
My rifle likes to be clean.
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<blockquote data-quote="Teri Anne" data-source="post: 2319613" data-attributes="member: 118816"><p>Contrary to some beliefs just about all rifle barrels will shoot better clean than dirty. Now that I have said that I have to back pedal a bit. None of my rifles every shoot the first one or two rounds accurately after cleaning. They need to have a few fouling shots to burn out the residue from the Hoppes and gun oil and make the interior of the bore as uniform a surface as possible. I have also found that accuracy seems to decline around 40 rounds out the barrel. When shooting competition would shoot the first two stages, Standing and Standing to Sitting then before doing the Standing to Prone and Prone stages did a quick clean just using Hoppe's a brush then wiped out with a couple of patches. The two sighting shots seemed to do the trick as far as fouling the barrel for the record shots. The 40 round, (or less) theory seems to hold true even today. The only exception is the 300 WM which seems to deteriorate at about 25 rounds, mostly because of copper fouling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teri Anne, post: 2319613, member: 118816"] Contrary to some beliefs just about all rifle barrels will shoot better clean than dirty. Now that I have said that I have to back pedal a bit. None of my rifles every shoot the first one or two rounds accurately after cleaning. They need to have a few fouling shots to burn out the residue from the Hoppes and gun oil and make the interior of the bore as uniform a surface as possible. I have also found that accuracy seems to decline around 40 rounds out the barrel. When shooting competition would shoot the first two stages, Standing and Standing to Sitting then before doing the Standing to Prone and Prone stages did a quick clean just using Hoppe's a brush then wiped out with a couple of patches. The two sighting shots seemed to do the trick as far as fouling the barrel for the record shots. The 40 round, (or less) theory seems to hold true even today. The only exception is the 300 WM which seems to deteriorate at about 25 rounds, mostly because of copper fouling. [/QUOTE]
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