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<blockquote data-quote="CogburnR" data-source="post: 457134" data-attributes="member: 29174"><p>I use either a 270wsm or 300wsm on elk mostly. Shot a cow a couple years ago with the 270 wsm and rolled her at a little over 500yards(482 to the bush she was above and behind). For long range a bigger caliber is nice if you use the right bullet. I also have a 45/70 that I use when going in the dark timber. The bigger the bullet is going in the better. At longer ranges shot placement is key so trajectory and wind drift alter the caliber choice towards fast high bc bullets. </p><p></p><p>I fix cars for a living and have developed a little different way of cleaning rifles because it seemed to me that the traditional way was pushing a lot of the same dirt around.</p><p></p><p>First I will take the rifle and spray out the barrel with brake cleaner.</p><p></p><p>I either blow dry it or let it drip a few seconds and then generally I put in a bore guide and fill the bore with wipeout. After 5-10 minutes I will run patches through to push out the wipeout. Alternatively I will use powder solvent and run some wet patches in and let them sit for a bit before pushing it out.</p><p></p><p>After that I may of may not run some copper cleaner in. I generally use sweets and wet a patch and push it through wait a few minutes and push through another until it lightens up quite a bit. </p><p></p><p>After this I will spray out the barrel with brake cleaner again and dry it. The bore guide gets cleaned also. </p><p></p><p>At this point I send some patches with Kroil down the tube and see what they look like. If I see some black crud I will use some bore paste on a patch and run a couple through to remove any stuck crud. Then It gets the brake cleaner again and a wet patch with Kroil and the chamber swabbed out. </p><p></p><p>This results in about 10 patches used and a lot less pushing out crud that can be removed with brake cleaner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CogburnR, post: 457134, member: 29174"] I use either a 270wsm or 300wsm on elk mostly. Shot a cow a couple years ago with the 270 wsm and rolled her at a little over 500yards(482 to the bush she was above and behind). For long range a bigger caliber is nice if you use the right bullet. I also have a 45/70 that I use when going in the dark timber. The bigger the bullet is going in the better. At longer ranges shot placement is key so trajectory and wind drift alter the caliber choice towards fast high bc bullets. I fix cars for a living and have developed a little different way of cleaning rifles because it seemed to me that the traditional way was pushing a lot of the same dirt around. First I will take the rifle and spray out the barrel with brake cleaner. I either blow dry it or let it drip a few seconds and then generally I put in a bore guide and fill the bore with wipeout. After 5-10 minutes I will run patches through to push out the wipeout. Alternatively I will use powder solvent and run some wet patches in and let them sit for a bit before pushing it out. After that I may of may not run some copper cleaner in. I generally use sweets and wet a patch and push it through wait a few minutes and push through another until it lightens up quite a bit. After this I will spray out the barrel with brake cleaner again and dry it. The bore guide gets cleaned also. At this point I send some patches with Kroil down the tube and see what they look like. If I see some black crud I will use some bore paste on a patch and run a couple through to remove any stuck crud. Then It gets the brake cleaner again and a wet patch with Kroil and the chamber swabbed out. This results in about 10 patches used and a lot less pushing out crud that can be removed with brake cleaner. [/QUOTE]
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