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For those who NEVER clean their bore, or almost never
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1921012" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>It really depends on the alloy of the bullets. In the beginning Barns bullets were solid copper and were really bad about fouling. There were so many complaints that they came out with a special copper solvent even tough they claimed they were not solid copper. Later they changed their allow and many of the problems went away. Now days, most Mono metal bullets are somewhere near the same composition as the jacketed bullets.</p><p></p><p>When I bought my first 416, I decided on 400 grain Barnes X bullets (All copper) I also wasn't doing barrel break in as I am doing now and started load development after a few shots. different powders, bullet weights and primers loaded in 5 shot batches (I loaded 50 rounds for testing)</p><p>The results were good in one way, and puzzling in another. Accuracy hovered around 1 MOA no matter what I fired in it so I though I had a winner for a dangerous game rifle. when I got home, I decided to clean the rifle and bore and could not believe how bad it was. Before I stopped getting copper out of the barrel, I had spent 4 hours and half a bottle of Sweets. not believing how badly it had fouled, I loaded some Swift A Frames (Jacketed) and tried them. the results were amazing. The rifle went from just over 1 MOA to half that for the first 12 rounds (Two test loads and part of the 3rd) then It went back to the 1 MOA neighborhood. At this point I stopped shooting and after cleaning this time it only took three solvent and brushing procedures to come clean and the next time I shot it it went back to the 1/2 MOA for the first 10 shots and answered my questions about copper bullets and the barrel fouling rate.</p><p></p><p>A good barrel break in is very important with any bullet, especially certain copper bullets to make them shoot well after cleaning and not having to shoot many rounds before it comes back in like when it was first fired. If you watch velocity and accuracy changes from a clean barrel, the barrel it's self will tell you when it's time to clean. </p><p></p><p>So Mono metal bullets should not require any more attention than jacketed bullets if they are the correct alloy.</p><p></p><p>Different barrels and bullets will foul at different rates so if you want the best from your rifle, clean it when you need to, don't wait for accuracy to go away.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1921012, member: 2736"] It really depends on the alloy of the bullets. In the beginning Barns bullets were solid copper and were really bad about fouling. There were so many complaints that they came out with a special copper solvent even tough they claimed they were not solid copper. Later they changed their allow and many of the problems went away. Now days, most Mono metal bullets are somewhere near the same composition as the jacketed bullets. When I bought my first 416, I decided on 400 grain Barnes X bullets (All copper) I also wasn't doing barrel break in as I am doing now and started load development after a few shots. different powders, bullet weights and primers loaded in 5 shot batches (I loaded 50 rounds for testing) The results were good in one way, and puzzling in another. Accuracy hovered around 1 MOA no matter what I fired in it so I though I had a winner for a dangerous game rifle. when I got home, I decided to clean the rifle and bore and could not believe how bad it was. Before I stopped getting copper out of the barrel, I had spent 4 hours and half a bottle of Sweets. not believing how badly it had fouled, I loaded some Swift A Frames (Jacketed) and tried them. the results were amazing. The rifle went from just over 1 MOA to half that for the first 12 rounds (Two test loads and part of the 3rd) then It went back to the 1 MOA neighborhood. At this point I stopped shooting and after cleaning this time it only took three solvent and brushing procedures to come clean and the next time I shot it it went back to the 1/2 MOA for the first 10 shots and answered my questions about copper bullets and the barrel fouling rate. A good barrel break in is very important with any bullet, especially certain copper bullets to make them shoot well after cleaning and not having to shoot many rounds before it comes back in like when it was first fired. If you watch velocity and accuracy changes from a clean barrel, the barrel it's self will tell you when it's time to clean. So Mono metal bullets should not require any more attention than jacketed bullets if they are the correct alloy. Different barrels and bullets will foul at different rates so if you want the best from your rifle, clean it when you need to, don't wait for accuracy to go away. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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