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<blockquote data-quote="Moman" data-source="post: 198449" data-attributes="member: 10494"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I always start with a fresh clean barrel. I have read that some guns will need one, two or even many more fouling shots to tighten groups, but most of mine will shoot one-hole groups with a clean barrel. These for the most part are off the shelf 700's in various calibers. The only time I clean during shooting sessions is if I am in the process of a barrel break in. Other than that, I will focus mostly on keeping the barrel cool by not rushing things. I do try to keep the sessions down to 4 to 5 loads of 3 shot groups so that the barrel doesn't get too hot or too fouled.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I know in another post some of the members said that they shoot several rounds after cleaning just to foul the barrel a bit and that this gives them better accuracy. I have played with that idea a little during some recent load development, and the accuracy was the worst yet. I will now go back and try those loads again with a clean barrel so I can compare them. This is what works for me. You will get other opinions and I would encourage you to try them as well. A lot of this is figuring out what your gun likes as well.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As for the fouling technique, I still have to play with it a little more with some trusted loads and see if it does help with group size. Trial and error for me, and I am never beyond learning something new.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moman, post: 198449, member: 10494"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I always start with a fresh clean barrel. I have read that some guns will need one, two or even many more fouling shots to tighten groups, but most of mine will shoot one-hole groups with a clean barrel. These for the most part are off the shelf 700’s in various calibers. The only time I clean during shooting sessions is if I am in the process of a barrel break in. Other than that, I will focus mostly on keeping the barrel cool by not rushing things. I do try to keep the sessions down to 4 to 5 loads of 3 shot groups so that the barrel doesn’t get too hot or too fouled.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I know in another post some of the members said that they shoot several rounds after cleaning just to foul the barrel a bit and that this gives them better accuracy. I have played with that idea a little during some recent load development, and the accuracy was the worst yet. I will now go back and try those loads again with a clean barrel so I can compare them. This is what works for me. You will get other opinions and I would encourage you to try them as well. A lot of this is figuring out what your gun likes as well.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]As for the fouling technique, I still have to play with it a little more with some trusted loads and see if it does help with group size. Trial and error for me, and I am never beyond learning something new.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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