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Consequences of not cleaning a rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tyler Kemp" data-source="post: 257191" data-attributes="member: 6290"><p>Until yesterday I had not cleaned my 6mm Ackley in almost 350 rounds. It shot a 3 inch group at 600 yards, then all of a sudden it quit shooting. I figured it was the fact that I had not cleaned the barrel in "forever". After I got home to clean the barrel it turned out the rings had worked loose and let the scope slip. </p><p></p><p>I have a feeling the 6mm would have kept on shooting fine if it wasn't for the ring issues.</p><p></p><p>I've never had a gun "quit shooting" because I hadn't cleaned it in X number of rounds, but people say you have to clean really overbore chamberings every 10 or 15 rounds. Why is this? Does it effect barrel life or fouling?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tyler Kemp, post: 257191, member: 6290"] Until yesterday I had not cleaned my 6mm Ackley in almost 350 rounds. It shot a 3 inch group at 600 yards, then all of a sudden it quit shooting. I figured it was the fact that I had not cleaned the barrel in "forever". After I got home to clean the barrel it turned out the rings had worked loose and let the scope slip. I have a feeling the 6mm would have kept on shooting fine if it wasn't for the ring issues. I've never had a gun "quit shooting" because I hadn't cleaned it in X number of rounds, but people say you have to clean really overbore chamberings every 10 or 15 rounds. Why is this? Does it effect barrel life or fouling? [/QUOTE]
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