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Let's talk copper fouling
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<blockquote data-quote="remingtonman_25_06" data-source="post: 142290" data-attributes="member: 1403"><p><strong>Re: Let\'s talk copper fouling</strong></p><p></p><p>A gunsmith friend of mine wont clean his rifles untill he notices the accuracy to drop off either. Hes into long range shooting, but not as much as me or any of us on here, I'd like to think anyways. He says that uneccesary cleaning wont do any good to the barrel, probly more harm then good he said. I kinda see the point to it, but I also read where BR and 1K shooters clean there barrels faithfully every 20-30 rounds. I tried to clean my barrels every 20-30 rounds and found that I was not getting all my copper solvent out of my barrel, and thus was eating away my barrel. I haven't clean faithfully like that since. I"ll clean my barrel when I notice accuracy is going south. I"ve went 80-100 rounds in my 25-06 and 7mm w/out noticing to much in the accuracy department. I shot a 1" group at 400 yards about 2 weeks ago out of my 7mm and it had at least 70-80 rounds through it at the time. So what gives?? I dont know, but I think there is such a thing as "over cleaning."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="remingtonman_25_06, post: 142290, member: 1403"] [b]Re: Let\'s talk copper fouling[/b] A gunsmith friend of mine wont clean his rifles untill he notices the accuracy to drop off either. Hes into long range shooting, but not as much as me or any of us on here, I'd like to think anyways. He says that uneccesary cleaning wont do any good to the barrel, probly more harm then good he said. I kinda see the point to it, but I also read where BR and 1K shooters clean there barrels faithfully every 20-30 rounds. I tried to clean my barrels every 20-30 rounds and found that I was not getting all my copper solvent out of my barrel, and thus was eating away my barrel. I haven't clean faithfully like that since. I"ll clean my barrel when I notice accuracy is going south. I"ve went 80-100 rounds in my 25-06 and 7mm w/out noticing to much in the accuracy department. I shot a 1" group at 400 yards about 2 weeks ago out of my 7mm and it had at least 70-80 rounds through it at the time. So what gives?? I dont know, but I think there is such a thing as "over cleaning." [/QUOTE]
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