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New barrel velocity decreasing
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<blockquote data-quote="Savage 12BVSS" data-source="post: 1873301" data-attributes="member: 112413"><p>Some factory savage barrels are pretty rough inside, that's not to say they don't shoot good, some shoot amazing. If it is fouling more than norm you could be experiencing the barrel tightening up so to speak. A good cleaning would reveal this, try to get the barrel free of jacket, copper, and lead fouling good and then see what happen's with velocity. It doesn't take many shots to foul a rough bore, some factory barrels need to be cleaned after 10-20 shot's, I have a savage 308 tactical barrel that shoots sub 1/2 MOA but fouls horribly and needs to be cleaned frequently although with rounds down the tube count slowly building as time goes by it's not as bad as it first was. </p><p></p><p>Easy enough to check, just use a bore brush and some good copper solvent and than clean well with patches until they they come out clean. I also have 2 savage SS varmint barrel's that while not as bad as my tactical barrel also require more frequent cleaning, both will shoot 1/4MOA or even better. </p><p></p><p>My three match barrels not made by savage don't have any problem shooting 40-50 round's without cleaning and when I do, they clean with about 1/3 the effort and patches. Just an idea from one who shoot's with some savage factory barrel's as well as hand lapped custom's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Savage 12BVSS, post: 1873301, member: 112413"] Some factory savage barrels are pretty rough inside, that's not to say they don't shoot good, some shoot amazing. If it is fouling more than norm you could be experiencing the barrel tightening up so to speak. A good cleaning would reveal this, try to get the barrel free of jacket, copper, and lead fouling good and then see what happen's with velocity. It doesn't take many shots to foul a rough bore, some factory barrels need to be cleaned after 10-20 shot's, I have a savage 308 tactical barrel that shoots sub 1/2 MOA but fouls horribly and needs to be cleaned frequently although with rounds down the tube count slowly building as time goes by it's not as bad as it first was. Easy enough to check, just use a bore brush and some good copper solvent and than clean well with patches until they they come out clean. I also have 2 savage SS varmint barrel's that while not as bad as my tactical barrel also require more frequent cleaning, both will shoot 1/4MOA or even better. My three match barrels not made by savage don't have any problem shooting 40-50 round's without cleaning and when I do, they clean with about 1/3 the effort and patches. Just an idea from one who shoot's with some savage factory barrel's as well as hand lapped custom's. [/QUOTE]
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