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Clean bore vs. Fouled bore?
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1687007" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>As mentioned in a prior post in this thread, I hunt and compete with a fouled bore. Unless subjected to excessive moisture, I want the bore undisturbed from the initially fouled state, and not wiped or swabbed while in use for competition or hunting. Most all my hunting rifles are accuracy tested to 60 shots consisting of both cold bore and consecutive shots. This is much more then sufficient to get me through a hunting season. If accuracy falls of at fewer rounds before cleaning, the round count will be noted, or a remedy attempted if too few. My competition rifles have higher shot requirements. For example, I expect my PRS rifles to hold accuracy for at least one match(100 rounds), preferably two matches before cleaning. Having run the full spectrum of cleaning regiments over the years, I think the quality of the barrel and the load are more critical factors, and will influence the cleaning requirements. I have personally seen little difference in barrel life when subjected to incessant cleaning. With a good barrel, I experience little to no difference in cleaning time of carbon/copper and number of patches/residue between 20 shots and 150 shots. I will clean my rifle regardless of the number of shots fired if it is to be left unused or stored for greater then one or two months.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1687007, member: 10291"] As mentioned in a prior post in this thread, I hunt and compete with a fouled bore. Unless subjected to excessive moisture, I want the bore undisturbed from the initially fouled state, and not wiped or swabbed while in use for competition or hunting. Most all my hunting rifles are accuracy tested to 60 shots consisting of both cold bore and consecutive shots. This is much more then sufficient to get me through a hunting season. If accuracy falls of at fewer rounds before cleaning, the round count will be noted, or a remedy attempted if too few. My competition rifles have higher shot requirements. For example, I expect my PRS rifles to hold accuracy for at least one match(100 rounds), preferably two matches before cleaning. Having run the full spectrum of cleaning regiments over the years, I think the quality of the barrel and the load are more critical factors, and will influence the cleaning requirements. I have personally seen little difference in barrel life when subjected to incessant cleaning. With a good barrel, I experience little to no difference in cleaning time of carbon/copper and number of patches/residue between 20 shots and 150 shots. I will clean my rifle regardless of the number of shots fired if it is to be left unused or stored for greater then one or two months. [/QUOTE]
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