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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 361932" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>A lot of factors to consider in deciding when to clean a rifle.</p><p></p><p>How much powder has been burned</p><p>What was the pressure</p><p>What kind of powder was it</p><p>What kind of bullet are you shooting </p><p>What is the velocity of the bullet</p><p>What RPM are you operating at</p><p></p><p><span style="color: blue">Most importantly what is the history of the rifle and accuracy versus rounds fired. </span></p><p></p><p>Even when a patch comes out clean it does not mean that the first part of the throat is clean. For a 308 that may see up to 180 rounds during a single F-class match, I will let it soak in foam for an hour or so and then patch that out and then soak it another hour or so and then patch that out. Then I use Butches mostly, alternating with a little copper cleaner every once in a while. At about the 300 round or 400 round mark I will use a plastic brush with a patch and coat it with JB paste and work right on the throat to remove carbon right there. </p><p></p><p>For a cartridge that burns more than 100 grains of powder at a time, then I clean much more frequently. There is no such luxury of getting anywhere close to 100 rounds before cleaning.</p><p></p><p>I shoot a lot of RL22 and it really does like to be cleaned up more frequently than Varget or something like IMR 4064.</p><p></p><p>If your rifle does not like a clean barrel then cleaning is highly unproductive if you wish to kill an animal. If you simply wish to have a clean barrel and do not care about killing a deer then by all means go indulge your self. </p><p></p><p>I typically try not to hunt with a clean barrel. I check my zero before each season and/or after any significant event which could have affected the zero and then hunt with the barrel with maybe two to six rounds down it. When the season is over then I do a final cleaning before putting it away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 361932, member: 8"] A lot of factors to consider in deciding when to clean a rifle. How much powder has been burned What was the pressure What kind of powder was it What kind of bullet are you shooting What is the velocity of the bullet What RPM are you operating at [COLOR="blue"]Most importantly what is the history of the rifle and accuracy versus rounds fired. [/COLOR] Even when a patch comes out clean it does not mean that the first part of the throat is clean. For a 308 that may see up to 180 rounds during a single F-class match, I will let it soak in foam for an hour or so and then patch that out and then soak it another hour or so and then patch that out. Then I use Butches mostly, alternating with a little copper cleaner every once in a while. At about the 300 round or 400 round mark I will use a plastic brush with a patch and coat it with JB paste and work right on the throat to remove carbon right there. For a cartridge that burns more than 100 grains of powder at a time, then I clean much more frequently. There is no such luxury of getting anywhere close to 100 rounds before cleaning. I shoot a lot of RL22 and it really does like to be cleaned up more frequently than Varget or something like IMR 4064. If your rifle does not like a clean barrel then cleaning is highly unproductive if you wish to kill an animal. If you simply wish to have a clean barrel and do not care about killing a deer then by all means go indulge your self. I typically try not to hunt with a clean barrel. I check my zero before each season and/or after any significant event which could have affected the zero and then hunt with the barrel with maybe two to six rounds down it. When the season is over then I do a final cleaning before putting it away. [/QUOTE]
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