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Fouling and Accuracy
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<blockquote data-quote="tentman" data-source="post: 782433" data-attributes="member: 59998"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Gidday Guys</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I have a new Douglas Premium barrel (chambered in 6.5-06 on an Argie Mauser) that shoots 2 - 4 inch groups at 100. I have done a lot of work with this rifle to identify and eliminate possible causes of poor accuracy including scope/mounts, bedding, load development and crown etc.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">At a loss of what next to do I cleaned it and 2 other rifles that have had roughly the same number of rounds through them, all less than 200 with Sweets. The patches from the other two (a Lothar Walther and a Kreiger) were a completely different colour to the very dark patches from the Douglas – this barrel produces a lot of copper. The Douglas also took several "dry" patches to clean up, the others only one.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Is there a way of establishing if the fouling and accuracy problems are linked ?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">What, if anything, to do about the fouling ??</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Thanks</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Foster</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tentman, post: 782433, member: 59998"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Gidday Guys[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]I have a new Douglas Premium barrel (chambered in 6.5-06 on an Argie Mauser) that shoots 2 - 4 inch groups at 100. I have done a lot of work with this rifle to identify and eliminate possible causes of poor accuracy including scope/mounts, bedding, load development and crown etc.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]At a loss of what next to do I cleaned it and 2 other rifles that have had roughly the same number of rounds through them, all less than 200 with Sweets. The patches from the other two (a Lothar Walther and a Kreiger) were a completely different colour to the very dark patches from the Douglas – this barrel produces a lot of copper. The Douglas also took several “dry” patches to clean up, the others only one.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Is there a way of establishing if the fouling and accuracy problems are linked ?[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]What, if anything, to do about the fouling ??[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Thanks[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Foster[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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