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Copper Fouling?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Vette" data-source="post: 854237" data-attributes="member: 22335"><p>You cleaned it. As a result, your point of impact changed until the barrel fouled again and you returned to a consistent point.</p><p></p><p>I was out shooting two rifles of the same caliber, same maker, but different bullets on Wednesday. Each had been cleaned a couple of days prior with BoreTech Eliminator, though one needed the copper cleaner from them too. One of them settled back in on the 3rd shot, the other needed until the 6th before it was consistent again.</p><p></p><p>This is a normal thing to have happen. A clean barrel shoots different than a fouled barrel, and if you had any leftover oil or cleaner in the barrel that too will affect the point of impact.</p><p></p><p>Leave it alone now until end of season. Mine won't be cleaned until January or February at this point. The one that only took 3 shots to settle in had at least 50 rounds through it from load development and other shooting and is shooting Barnes TTSX bullets. Oh, and that's NOT the one that needed the copper cleaner. This rifle had the cleanest bore I've ever had the pleasure of cleaning despite the number of rounds it's seen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Vette, post: 854237, member: 22335"] You cleaned it. As a result, your point of impact changed until the barrel fouled again and you returned to a consistent point. I was out shooting two rifles of the same caliber, same maker, but different bullets on Wednesday. Each had been cleaned a couple of days prior with BoreTech Eliminator, though one needed the copper cleaner from them too. One of them settled back in on the 3rd shot, the other needed until the 6th before it was consistent again. This is a normal thing to have happen. A clean barrel shoots different than a fouled barrel, and if you had any leftover oil or cleaner in the barrel that too will affect the point of impact. Leave it alone now until end of season. Mine won't be cleaned until January or February at this point. The one that only took 3 shots to settle in had at least 50 rounds through it from load development and other shooting and is shooting Barnes TTSX bullets. Oh, and that's NOT the one that needed the copper cleaner. This rifle had the cleanest bore I've ever had the pleasure of cleaning despite the number of rounds it's seen. [/QUOTE]
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