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Cold bore vs clean bore...same thing?
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<blockquote data-quote="milo-2" data-source="post: 1720718" data-attributes="member: 33622"><p>Every custom barrel I have owned experiences some type of cold bore shot, usually slightly high and right. I don't even look for it anymore and assume it is present, I'll waste a shot before group shooting or zeroing the rifle. But as others stated, if hunting, you need to know what yours is going to do.</p><p>IMO, you want to put your rifle away fouled before hunting, eliminate cold clean bore. I have the same issue with clean barrels too, they need some fouling. Unless you have a decent borescope, it is tough to judge just how clean you actually got the barrel.</p><p>Different powders foul barrels in differing patterns too, RL 16, H 4895 lay hard carbon down in the first 6" of the bore, and this can be a pain. For me, powders like Varget, other Hodgdon, IMR enduron series seem to foul the muzzle end and are easier to deal with especially from an accuracy standpoint. Fouling on the muzzle end your accuracy will drop off way faster than breech end.</p><p>I am not a bore snake fan, but I do think if a guy ran one after a range session while your barrel is warm and removed soft carbon, your cold bore discrepancy would be reduced. Running a jag tipped with a drop of boretech C4 through once home would do the same, not cleaning technically, just get loose crap out of the barrel. Drop of Kroil on a jag patch may help too. Either way, no matter what you, that is your baseline until you clean.</p><p>I don't see the need to complicate this either, it is your rifle, so your job to understand what will happen. Some barrels are easy, some a giant pain that end up coming around and being sweet, you have a minimum of 1200 into yours, make it work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milo-2, post: 1720718, member: 33622"] Every custom barrel I have owned experiences some type of cold bore shot, usually slightly high and right. I don't even look for it anymore and assume it is present, I'll waste a shot before group shooting or zeroing the rifle. But as others stated, if hunting, you need to know what yours is going to do. IMO, you want to put your rifle away fouled before hunting, eliminate cold clean bore. I have the same issue with clean barrels too, they need some fouling. Unless you have a decent borescope, it is tough to judge just how clean you actually got the barrel. Different powders foul barrels in differing patterns too, RL 16, H 4895 lay hard carbon down in the first 6" of the bore, and this can be a pain. For me, powders like Varget, other Hodgdon, IMR enduron series seem to foul the muzzle end and are easier to deal with especially from an accuracy standpoint. Fouling on the muzzle end your accuracy will drop off way faster than breech end. I am not a bore snake fan, but I do think if a guy ran one after a range session while your barrel is warm and removed soft carbon, your cold bore discrepancy would be reduced. Running a jag tipped with a drop of boretech C4 through once home would do the same, not cleaning technically, just get loose crap out of the barrel. Drop of Kroil on a jag patch may help too. Either way, no matter what you, that is your baseline until you clean. I don't see the need to complicate this either, it is your rifle, so your job to understand what will happen. Some barrels are easy, some a giant pain that end up coming around and being sweet, you have a minimum of 1200 into yours, make it work. [/QUOTE]
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