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Pre-Hunt cleaning/shooting ritual?
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<blockquote data-quote="emp1953" data-source="post: 2251013" data-attributes="member: 71817"><p>I am fortunate that I can shoot in my yard and have a 100yd range set up. Before a hunt I will clean with a brush wrapped with a patch saturated with Hoppes #9. I will replace the patch often and keep doing it until I have a clean patch, If I have evidence of copper buildup, a greenish tint on the patch, I will take a different track. I will every so lightly lube the barrel. Then out to my backyard range. ALL of my rifles like to be dirty to shoot well. So I put two of my hunting rounds through it, on target. It proves my zero is still good and dirties up the barrel. I do this with two rifles my .270win which is my primary rifle and a .243 which is my backup. Two shots guarantees me that subsequent shots will be within my bughole group. I'll also use a hard sided foam padded case to transport. I had a scope damaged once in a soft sided case, if not for my backup rifle that hunt would have been ruined. This regimen has served me well over many years. If the weather is going to be wet I usually put a finger cot, looks like a tiny condom for your finger, over the muzzle, I also carry muzzle down when shoulder slinging it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="emp1953, post: 2251013, member: 71817"] I am fortunate that I can shoot in my yard and have a 100yd range set up. Before a hunt I will clean with a brush wrapped with a patch saturated with Hoppes #9. I will replace the patch often and keep doing it until I have a clean patch, If I have evidence of copper buildup, a greenish tint on the patch, I will take a different track. I will every so lightly lube the barrel. Then out to my backyard range. ALL of my rifles like to be dirty to shoot well. So I put two of my hunting rounds through it, on target. It proves my zero is still good and dirties up the barrel. I do this with two rifles my .270win which is my primary rifle and a .243 which is my backup. Two shots guarantees me that subsequent shots will be within my bughole group. I'll also use a hard sided foam padded case to transport. I had a scope damaged once in a soft sided case, if not for my backup rifle that hunt would have been ruined. This regimen has served me well over many years. If the weather is going to be wet I usually put a finger cot, looks like a tiny condom for your finger, over the muzzle, I also carry muzzle down when shoulder slinging it. [/QUOTE]
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