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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 617714" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>I've no idea where you got this premise. Please name one rifle target shooter who does this.</p><p></p><p>High power target shooters, especially those with the highest classification winning matches and setting records, frequently start with a very clean barrel, then shoot 20 to 30 shots at long range and the rifle's zeroed from the first to the last shot. Too many of them, including myself, have put 20 to 40 shots down range starting with a clean barrel and all shots are under 1/2 MOA on 600 and 800 yard targets.</p><p></p><p>Smallbore shooters do put 2 or 3 rounds down range into the backstop after cleaning their barrels. The first shot goes high and the barrel needs to be "fouled" a bit to shoot best.</p><p></p><p>But never 25 shots, unless they've got a barrel that's so darned rough it has to be fouled with copper to smooth it up so the rest of the bullets don't get unbalanced from their jackets being rubbed off unevenly around them. Even then it typically doesn't take more than 4 or 5 shots. I've shot with the best of both smallbore and high power target shooters and never ever knew one that put 25 rounds down some range after fully cleaning their barrels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 617714, member: 5302"] I've no idea where you got this premise. Please name one rifle target shooter who does this. High power target shooters, especially those with the highest classification winning matches and setting records, frequently start with a very clean barrel, then shoot 20 to 30 shots at long range and the rifle's zeroed from the first to the last shot. Too many of them, including myself, have put 20 to 40 shots down range starting with a clean barrel and all shots are under 1/2 MOA on 600 and 800 yard targets. Smallbore shooters do put 2 or 3 rounds down range into the backstop after cleaning their barrels. The first shot goes high and the barrel needs to be "fouled" a bit to shoot best. But never 25 shots, unless they've got a barrel that's so darned rough it has to be fouled with copper to smooth it up so the rest of the bullets don't get unbalanced from their jackets being rubbed off unevenly around them. Even then it typically doesn't take more than 4 or 5 shots. I've shot with the best of both smallbore and high power target shooters and never ever knew one that put 25 rounds down some range after fully cleaning their barrels. [/QUOTE]
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