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To clean your gun or not to clean your gun-thats my question
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<blockquote data-quote="michelclim" data-source="post: 1626054" data-attributes="member: 87431"><p>Both opinions are correct. When a barrel is fresh from the manufacturing process, the microscopic texture of the bore tends to promote tearing, as the projectile passes these imperfections the fouling is heavy and actually makes the bore smaller with the first shot. This is where a good cleaning after every shot is important. With every shot you will notice that the cleaning process removes fewer contaminates and the patches will slide the bore more easily with ever shot and subsequent cleaning. I do this for the first box of Ammo. when you clean the bore after 20 shots the cleaning process feels unwarranted and at that point it is. this is the time where you begin shooting your chosen Ammo, and try to refrain from evaluating the accuracy even at this point. shoot each shot and allow barrel to cool for the next box. Now shoot for group. By this time you will have a slick bore of a diameter that still is as close to the original bore as manufacturing process will allow. the bore is now slick enough that you will not need to clean the rifle unless chamber deposits become an issue. It's at this point that the rifle will let you evaluate its potential. Not all rifles are created equal but if you follow this technique you have the best chance for a life long rifle! This was proven to me by a Navy Sniper that backed up his talk with a bore scope and bore gauge that proved he knew what he was talking about</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="michelclim, post: 1626054, member: 87431"] Both opinions are correct. When a barrel is fresh from the manufacturing process, the microscopic texture of the bore tends to promote tearing, as the projectile passes these imperfections the fouling is heavy and actually makes the bore smaller with the first shot. This is where a good cleaning after every shot is important. With every shot you will notice that the cleaning process removes fewer contaminates and the patches will slide the bore more easily with ever shot and subsequent cleaning. I do this for the first box of Ammo. when you clean the bore after 20 shots the cleaning process feels unwarranted and at that point it is. this is the time where you begin shooting your chosen Ammo, and try to refrain from evaluating the accuracy even at this point. shoot each shot and allow barrel to cool for the next box. Now shoot for group. By this time you will have a slick bore of a diameter that still is as close to the original bore as manufacturing process will allow. the bore is now slick enough that you will not need to clean the rifle unless chamber deposits become an issue. It's at this point that the rifle will let you evaluate its potential. Not all rifles are created equal but if you follow this technique you have the best chance for a life long rifle! This was proven to me by a Navy Sniper that backed up his talk with a bore scope and bore gauge that proved he knew what he was talking about [/QUOTE]
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