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How often do you clean your hunting rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="esshup" data-source="post: 1989198" data-attributes="member: 11101"><p>I hunt with a bunch of different rifles and a few different Savage Muzzleloaders. Each gun likes something different (usually). The 7mm Allen Magnum and the .308 FN SPR are the only 2 that I've kept detailed notes on. The FN not as detailed as the Allen. I KNOW the Allen shoots 2 moa high the first shot out of a clean cold barrel, then 2nd shot and subsequent shots are all the same, whether the barrel is cold or warm (not hot). I typically will shoot the 7mm AM when first arriving for a hunt if I don't have temp/elevation dope, then leave it dirty. I have killed a coyote at 867 yds with the first shot out of a clean cold barrel after not shooting the rifle for 6 months. </p><p></p><p>Some of the rifles will have accuracy degrade after 20 shots, some take more than that. I purposely left a load in the 50 cal Savage ML for 11 months, then shot it. POI @ 200 yds. was still less than 1 moa away from POI the previous year.</p><p></p><p>So, basically I'm saying let the rifle talk to you and you need to listen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="esshup, post: 1989198, member: 11101"] I hunt with a bunch of different rifles and a few different Savage Muzzleloaders. Each gun likes something different (usually). The 7mm Allen Magnum and the .308 FN SPR are the only 2 that I've kept detailed notes on. The FN not as detailed as the Allen. I KNOW the Allen shoots 2 moa high the first shot out of a clean cold barrel, then 2nd shot and subsequent shots are all the same, whether the barrel is cold or warm (not hot). I typically will shoot the 7mm AM when first arriving for a hunt if I don't have temp/elevation dope, then leave it dirty. I have killed a coyote at 867 yds with the first shot out of a clean cold barrel after not shooting the rifle for 6 months. Some of the rifles will have accuracy degrade after 20 shots, some take more than that. I purposely left a load in the 50 cal Savage ML for 11 months, then shot it. POI @ 200 yds. was still less than 1 moa away from POI the previous year. So, basically I'm saying let the rifle talk to you and you need to listen. [/QUOTE]
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