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<blockquote data-quote="VinceMule" data-source="post: 3100818" data-attributes="member: 122164"><p>Idaho Lefty hit the nail on the head, in my experience....quality barrels eliminate issues. I clean and degrease like Hugnot. I can not recall a Hart, Krieger, Brux, Muller barrel that threw Radical shots on the first cold bore shot in properly bedded stocks, and I run a muzzle break on every rifle, twisted properly. The rifles all shoot tiny groups. A first shot out of the clean barrel will usually be .3 out of the group, but if were to throw a shot 1.5" out, that barrel would be scrapped.</p><p></p><p>I fire three shots on a squeeeeky clean bore prior to hunting as a matter of good gun handling practice.</p><p></p><p>Much of the "thrown" shots that NON competitive shooters experience is from having too much coffee or just not being settled down. I was advised to sit at the bench and observe wind conditions prior to firing for five minutes(heart rate will settle down), then when I get on the gun, I dry fire several times aiming at the target as if I were firing a group, watching where cross hair ends up after the shot(follow through). My shooting improved significantly when using this discipline.</p><p></p><p>A very experienced Long Range gunsmith(now passed on) advised me that contours smaller than a #5 are prone to more "issues".</p><p></p><p>When a load is out of "tune", expect all kinds of issues, same thing with bullets of suspect quality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VinceMule, post: 3100818, member: 122164"] Idaho Lefty hit the nail on the head, in my experience....quality barrels eliminate issues. I clean and degrease like Hugnot. I can not recall a Hart, Krieger, Brux, Muller barrel that threw Radical shots on the first cold bore shot in properly bedded stocks, and I run a muzzle break on every rifle, twisted properly. The rifles all shoot tiny groups. A first shot out of the clean barrel will usually be .3 out of the group, but if were to throw a shot 1.5" out, that barrel would be scrapped. I fire three shots on a squeeeeky clean bore prior to hunting as a matter of good gun handling practice. Much of the "thrown" shots that NON competitive shooters experience is from having too much coffee or just not being settled down. I was advised to sit at the bench and observe wind conditions prior to firing for five minutes(heart rate will settle down), then when I get on the gun, I dry fire several times aiming at the target as if I were firing a group, watching where cross hair ends up after the shot(follow through). My shooting improved significantly when using this discipline. A very experienced Long Range gunsmith(now passed on) advised me that contours smaller than a #5 are prone to more "issues". When a load is out of "tune", expect all kinds of issues, same thing with bullets of suspect quality. [/QUOTE]
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