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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1837831" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>I will try to explain in a different way, If you take a perfectly flat flat piece of steel and paint it, will the paint be perfectly flat (The same dimension everywhere). It will vary in thickness even though It is a very small difference. Then you add another coat, the inconsistency in thickness gets worse</p><p>with each additional coat. Copper fouling is applied in different layers and laid down in certain areas to begin with and continually increases by different amounts in different areas.</p><p></p><p>If you intend to shoot a fouled barrel you should first foul it heavily where it is almost 100% fouled and is not changing very much. this is a consistent method of shooting good groups until the barrel fouls so bad that it has to be cleaned and then you have to start all over. loads should be worked up in this condition for best accuracy.</p><p></p><p>I prefer to shoot a clean barrel all the time as long as I don't have to shoot over 8 to 10 rounds without cleaning. This method has been the most accurate for me because the/a clean barrel is the most consistent barrel until it starts to foul and accuracy starts to degrade. I load 5 test loads of each load I want to try. after shooting the one load (5 ROUNDS) I thoroughly clean back to white metal and start over with the barrel in the same condition as it was for each test. All of my best groups have been shot in a clean barrel. Then as it starts fouling accuracy fall off badly until it reaches the 90 to 100 % fouled and then it seems to settle down and start shooting again. the accuracy is good but not as good as when the barrel was clean.</p><p></p><p>If you clean your rifle to white metal and start shooting and don't stop you will see when your barrel starts to foul and the accuracy falls off. all barrels are different and some will only shoot two or three before the group degrades. other barrels will make it to 5 or 6 shots before this happens.</p><p>normally I find that my least fouling barrels will sometimes make it past 10.</p><p></p><p>So is fouling consistent? or is bare metal more consistent?</p><p></p><p>Different rifles and the use dictates which method I use because there is no "one" best way in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1837831, member: 2736"] I will try to explain in a different way, If you take a perfectly flat flat piece of steel and paint it, will the paint be perfectly flat (The same dimension everywhere). It will vary in thickness even though It is a very small difference. Then you add another coat, the inconsistency in thickness gets worse with each additional coat. Copper fouling is applied in different layers and laid down in certain areas to begin with and continually increases by different amounts in different areas. If you intend to shoot a fouled barrel you should first foul it heavily where it is almost 100% fouled and is not changing very much. this is a consistent method of shooting good groups until the barrel fouls so bad that it has to be cleaned and then you have to start all over. loads should be worked up in this condition for best accuracy. I prefer to shoot a clean barrel all the time as long as I don't have to shoot over 8 to 10 rounds without cleaning. This method has been the most accurate for me because the/a clean barrel is the most consistent barrel until it starts to foul and accuracy starts to degrade. I load 5 test loads of each load I want to try. after shooting the one load (5 ROUNDS) I thoroughly clean back to white metal and start over with the barrel in the same condition as it was for each test. All of my best groups have been shot in a clean barrel. Then as it starts fouling accuracy fall off badly until it reaches the 90 to 100 % fouled and then it seems to settle down and start shooting again. the accuracy is good but not as good as when the barrel was clean. If you clean your rifle to white metal and start shooting and don't stop you will see when your barrel starts to foul and the accuracy falls off. all barrels are different and some will only shoot two or three before the group degrades. other barrels will make it to 5 or 6 shots before this happens. normally I find that my least fouling barrels will sometimes make it past 10. So is fouling consistent? or is bare metal more consistent? Different rifles and the use dictates which method I use because there is no "one" best way in my opinion. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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