Dont hunt with a clean rifles
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xsn10s
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Brad likes to stir the pot lol. I can't wait to hear James' results. I'm all for increasing my probablity for a successful hunt. And if it's a bad practise I can stop it unless the moisture comes into play. Then I'll use oil and alter my game plan.
Varmint Hunter
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I run an oily patch followed by 2 dry patches through the bores of rifles that are being put away for some time. All of my hunting rifles that are going afield are fired right before departure to confirm POI and left in their fouled state.
I can't remember any of my rifles shooting to the intended POI with a freshly cleaned & oiled bbl. It typically takes about 3 rounds to get my rifles to settle back down after a thorough cleaning.
I can't remember any of my rifles shooting to the intended POI with a freshly cleaned & oiled bbl. It typically takes about 3 rounds to get my rifles to settle back down after a thorough cleaning.
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I have my own method of break in. I use the usual shoot and clean method most use. However I also take the time to polish the bore a few time after break in is complete. I clean them in the spring when it's rainy day and then don't clean them again for the rest of the year.
I'm not a target shooter but most all of mine shoot 1" or less at a 100yrds.
I'm not a target shooter but most all of mine shoot 1" or less at a 100yrds.
DoneNOut
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Perfect
Not a factory barrel for me either. I did just start buying premium barrels. Criterion for example. I can clean it bare, run some graphite through it, take it out, and no POI shift. I am amazed!
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I followed pretty close to the same practice. With one exception, I ran an oil patch followed with a dry patch. I've tested out to 400 yards which was my previous big game range limit with sporter hunting rifles. I didn't notice any difference in poa/ poi. This was with tape over the muzzle. But like I said I didn't have a chrongraph at the time. Currently I just can't allocate the time for hunting other than some easy coyote hunting. So fouled barrel with no oil is a standard practice. I agree it takes a few rounds after cleaning for things to settle in. Some of my barrels need up to twenty rounds or more. Those rifles don't get cleaned until accuracy falls off.
DoneNOut
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For once I was being serious!
Makin a mountain out of a mole hill!! This is VERY simple for hunters. I clean every rifle I shoot after every range/practice session EXCEPT for my last range/practice session just BEFORE season opens. I shoot to 200 yd. zero WITH the ammo I loaded for hunting for confirmation. Then I DO NOT clean that rifle till AFTER hunting season, then it gets a good cleaning and into climate controlled safe until temps outside are warm enough to go to the range....
DoneNOut
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Yup, this is the "Easy button" for this stuff!
Raingull
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Can't work. It makes a terrible acronym. Maybe "bore surface coating reinitiating appropriate precision" or BS CRAP for short.
DoneNOut
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Also of note, it is a good idea to check torque settings of action screws, scope bases, scope ring screws. I think expansion and contraction of the metals are what cause the whole, "My scope went bad" on a hunt.
memtb
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When I a kid, I was always cleaning my rifle bore….just didn't know any better. Thankfully back in the day, a long shot was 100 or so yards! memtb
Kmccord
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If running a stainless steel barrel, I would not believe you need to send an oily patch down the barrel to protect it from rust. If running a Chrome Moly barrel, yeah you had better protect it, I cleaned a Bergara barrel, put it in the safe month later pull it out and had rust inside the barrel and on the crown. I had been used to the Stainless steel barrel in my custom rifle, I failed to remember the chrom Moly barrel on the Bergara.
Yes, in the BR world it is just the opposite. The rather crude factory tubes will in many cases shoot better with a small amount of fouling present. Problem is most folks have a carbon ring in their tube just forward of the chamber you can put on your finger. Have seen this too many times in my friend's rifles. they just look wide eyed and shake their heads.Can't work. It makes a terrible acronym. Maybe "bore surface coating reinitiating appropriate precision" or BS CRAP for short.
