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To clean your gun or not to clean your gun-thats my question
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<blockquote data-quote="Roughwater" data-source="post: 1625279" data-attributes="member: 33915"><p>In part I ask the question also because I have lately been shooting a 300 WM that I would usually clean maybe every 20 rounds give or take and clean well. I was trying to ready it as a back up rifle for an elk hunt but the 1st shot always seemed to be off a little from the rest.</p><p>It made me wonder if I was maybe cleaning it too much and just maybe if I let it go a bit that first shot might be more of a part of the group. Not sure I'll ever know for sure as I decided if a new used 7 Rem mag I recently bought shoots well I'll use it instead as a back up since the other 2 hunters in my group will be carrying 7mm Rem mags but it got me to thinking eitherway. Getting rifles ready to possibly shoot out to 600 yards or so is a lot different than getting guns ready for the southern deer season where most shot opportunities are under 100 yards around here in my part of NC. I always did try to get my rifles shooting 1 MOA and if they did I was very satisfied. Though a consistent 1 MOA should still do the job I would feel better if I had a little padding and shoot 3/4 and under for my elk guns. Thank you all who posted. I have read all so far and the general consensus seems to indicate I should clean a little less than I do. So I will hold off a bit longer before cleaning and see how that goes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roughwater, post: 1625279, member: 33915"] In part I ask the question also because I have lately been shooting a 300 WM that I would usually clean maybe every 20 rounds give or take and clean well. I was trying to ready it as a back up rifle for an elk hunt but the 1st shot always seemed to be off a little from the rest. It made me wonder if I was maybe cleaning it too much and just maybe if I let it go a bit that first shot might be more of a part of the group. Not sure I'll ever know for sure as I decided if a new used 7 Rem mag I recently bought shoots well I'll use it instead as a back up since the other 2 hunters in my group will be carrying 7mm Rem mags but it got me to thinking eitherway. Getting rifles ready to possibly shoot out to 600 yards or so is a lot different than getting guns ready for the southern deer season where most shot opportunities are under 100 yards around here in my part of NC. I always did try to get my rifles shooting 1 MOA and if they did I was very satisfied. Though a consistent 1 MOA should still do the job I would feel better if I had a little padding and shoot 3/4 and under for my elk guns. Thank you all who posted. I have read all so far and the general consensus seems to indicate I should clean a little less than I do. So I will hold off a bit longer before cleaning and see how that goes. [/QUOTE]
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