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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1344960" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>I generally don't know how many shots I can get down the core before accuracy degrades with either my hunting or Competition/PRS rifles. Whether my experience is correct or not, I believe that an accuracy fall off(and/or velocity change) ican be the development of excessive carbon build-up or "ring" that can developes in the throat area of the rifle. I have arbitrarily chosen 100 rounds for my hunting rifles, and 200 rounds for my competition rifles between cleaning. Using these counts, I can get through a full hunting season with my hunting rifles, and a couple of matches with my competition rifles without an accuracy or velocity change. I can then do a quick clean with BoreTech Eliminator, foul for a few shots and restore original accuracy/zero. If I wait for an accuracy fall off, a change in the barrel has occurred that I have to worry about "restoring" my original state of performance and may have to deal with a more aggressive cleaning process that can otherwise be avoided. If I can't achieve this requirement, I question my load or barrel and go back to the drawing boards. I have run barrels through their useful life using this approach with consistent performance over the barrels lifespan. I determine when a barrel needs to be replaced by monitoring the seating depth to the lands every 500 rounds or so over the life of the barrel. A change here usually coincides with an accuracy or velocity indicating that I'm probably ready for a new barrel. I have been fortunate in that the barre lives I have experienced were within expectations or better for a given cartridge. Different shooters have different approaches which they are happy with, but this approach has worked very well for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1344960, member: 10291"] I generally don't know how many shots I can get down the core before accuracy degrades with either my hunting or Competition/PRS rifles. Whether my experience is correct or not, I believe that an accuracy fall off(and/or velocity change) ican be the development of excessive carbon build-up or "ring" that can developes in the throat area of the rifle. I have arbitrarily chosen 100 rounds for my hunting rifles, and 200 rounds for my competition rifles between cleaning. Using these counts, I can get through a full hunting season with my hunting rifles, and a couple of matches with my competition rifles without an accuracy or velocity change. I can then do a quick clean with BoreTech Eliminator, foul for a few shots and restore original accuracy/zero. If I wait for an accuracy fall off, a change in the barrel has occurred that I have to worry about "restoring" my original state of performance and may have to deal with a more aggressive cleaning process that can otherwise be avoided. If I can't achieve this requirement, I question my load or barrel and go back to the drawing boards. I have run barrels through their useful life using this approach with consistent performance over the barrels lifespan. I determine when a barrel needs to be replaced by monitoring the seating depth to the lands every 500 rounds or so over the life of the barrel. A change here usually coincides with an accuracy or velocity indicating that I'm probably ready for a new barrel. I have been fortunate in that the barre lives I have experienced were within expectations or better for a given cartridge. Different shooters have different approaches which they are happy with, but this approach has worked very well for me. [/QUOTE]
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