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To clean your gun or not to clean your gun-thats my question
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<blockquote data-quote="crkckr" data-source="post: 1625592" data-attributes="member: 78056"><p>You will never get a consensus on this subject! If anything, you will come away more confused about the subject than ever! The truth is, you need to test your rifle, preferably in the same conditions you will be hunting in (cold & snow, etc) and let your rifle tell you what to do. I've got some that won't shoot for beans until there are 2 or 3 foulers down the pipe (sometimes more) and a couple that don't seem to care one way or another. That first shot early in the morning is the most important and the only way to find out is to test your rifle. If your first shot from a cold, clean barrel is way out of the group, as I suspect most are, then you'll need to foul the barrel before taking it out hunting or shooting for score. The majority of my rifles will do ok with a fouled barrel and an oil dampened (not 'wet') patch down the barrel after the foulers are fired. </p><p></p><p>I suspect that generally speaking most rifles don't shoot the very first shot out of a cold, perfectly clean and rust protected barrel very consistently but the only way to know for certain is to get out and test for yourself and find out what your rifle likes... or will tolerate, especially when it comes to rust protection. </p><p></p><p>As to how often it needs to be cleaned, once again, let the rifle tell you what it likes. No one can give you exact numbers because each rifle is unique in what it will tolerates. Obviously it needs to be cleaned well and rust protected before being put away for any extended time but beyond that... you simply cannot guess. You must test to find out!</p><p>Cheers,</p><p>crkckr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crkckr, post: 1625592, member: 78056"] You will never get a consensus on this subject! If anything, you will come away more confused about the subject than ever! The truth is, you need to test your rifle, preferably in the same conditions you will be hunting in (cold & snow, etc) and let your rifle tell you what to do. I've got some that won't shoot for beans until there are 2 or 3 foulers down the pipe (sometimes more) and a couple that don't seem to care one way or another. That first shot early in the morning is the most important and the only way to find out is to test your rifle. If your first shot from a cold, clean barrel is way out of the group, as I suspect most are, then you'll need to foul the barrel before taking it out hunting or shooting for score. The majority of my rifles will do ok with a fouled barrel and an oil dampened (not 'wet') patch down the barrel after the foulers are fired. I suspect that generally speaking most rifles don't shoot the very first shot out of a cold, perfectly clean and rust protected barrel very consistently but the only way to know for certain is to get out and test for yourself and find out what your rifle likes... or will tolerate, especially when it comes to rust protection. As to how often it needs to be cleaned, once again, let the rifle tell you what it likes. No one can give you exact numbers because each rifle is unique in what it will tolerates. Obviously it needs to be cleaned well and rust protected before being put away for any extended time but beyond that... you simply cannot guess. You must test to find out! Cheers, crkckr [/QUOTE]
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