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Cold bore mapping?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikecr" data-source="post: 1112159" data-attributes="member: 1521"><p>I agree with so much here -except the common implication of 'over cleaning'.</p><p>Yes, a gun typically needs to be prefouled for reliable POI. But we can apply controlled prefouling to clean bores, and this fouling in itself can be clean.</p><p></p><p>I've done this for decades.</p><p>Every year I head north for two solid weeks of spectacular GH hunting. I bring 50 rounds, and I typically toss ~40+ groundhog carcasses. Wasting ammo is not what I do here.</p><p>For the past ~10yrs I've pulled the same gun(my son's) out of the safe, clean & prefouled as I stored it from the previous year. I don't need to take any prefouling shots up there, the first will be as good as any. I don't clean for this 2wks/50shots, don't need to. But when I get back home, I'll clean the gun to better than new, dry burnish in the tungsten prefouling, set the gun in the safe, reload those cases, put em in the safe with the gun -ready for next year.</p><p>I could pull the gun right now and put a hole in a GH's head at 600yds. One shot.</p><p></p><p>'One shot' is important enough to me that it's one of my primary hunting rules: </p><p>-If I miss, it lives another day </p><p>along with:</p><p>-I clearly identify my target and backstop</p><p>-I don't throw hail marrys</p><p>-I don't load the gun until fully ready to kill something</p><p>-I respect the owner's property and potential concerns</p><p>-I only shoot at what I'm hunting</p><p>-If I don't see it dead in the hole, or toss it dead in the hole or fence line, regardless of blood & guts, it's a miss</p><p>-I don't bring my wife along</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikecr, post: 1112159, member: 1521"] I agree with so much here -except the common implication of 'over cleaning'. Yes, a gun typically needs to be prefouled for reliable POI. But we can apply controlled prefouling to clean bores, and this fouling in itself can be clean. I've done this for decades. Every year I head north for two solid weeks of spectacular GH hunting. I bring 50 rounds, and I typically toss ~40+ groundhog carcasses. Wasting ammo is not what I do here. For the past ~10yrs I've pulled the same gun(my son's) out of the safe, clean & prefouled as I stored it from the previous year. I don't need to take any prefouling shots up there, the first will be as good as any. I don't clean for this 2wks/50shots, don't need to. But when I get back home, I'll clean the gun to better than new, dry burnish in the tungsten prefouling, set the gun in the safe, reload those cases, put em in the safe with the gun -ready for next year. I could pull the gun right now and put a hole in a GH's head at 600yds. One shot. 'One shot' is important enough to me that it's one of my primary hunting rules: -If I miss, it lives another day along with: -I clearly identify my target and backstop -I don't throw hail marrys -I don't load the gun until fully ready to kill something -I respect the owner's property and potential concerns -I only shoot at what I'm hunting -If I don't see it dead in the hole, or toss it dead in the hole or fence line, regardless of blood & guts, it's a miss -I don't bring my wife along [/QUOTE]
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