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Todd Hodnett: Shooting on a Clean Bore
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikecr" data-source="post: 912415" data-attributes="member: 1521"><p>There is no reason to leave it in a barrel. Totally clean & prefouled will shoot as good as it's going to.</p><p>Are there ANY barrel makers out there tellin you that you need copper left in there?</p><p></p><p>That someone who doesn't clean their barrels has convinced themselves that they don't have to, does not mean they couldn't do well otherwise. It probably means they don't have much for copper accumulation.</p><p>And when it takes quite a few shots to achieve stable foul, it doesn't mean copper is helping you. It means whatever you're leaving in your bore takes a while to burn out.</p><p></p><p>I put bores away cleaner than I pulled them, every time, even if I shot only once. They are cleaned to white metal(as verified via borescope), flushed/dried out with alcohol, and dry prefouled with WS2 before they go back in the safe.</p><p>When I pull them #1 shot is as good as #100, and even though I could go a couple hundred rounds if not more before affected by copper, it hurts nothing at all to stay on top of fouling,, copper, and especially carbon.</p><p>In the past I have had my share of barrels that copper fouled out by 20-30 rounds, and two that were spent by 8-10rounds. After treating those barrels with Tubb's FF, shooting between copper was extended considerably. Nothing about that copper was helping accuracy. </p><p>My better barrels, that barely copper foul, also do not 'need' copper to shoot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikecr, post: 912415, member: 1521"] There is no reason to leave it in a barrel. Totally clean & prefouled will shoot as good as it's going to. Are there ANY barrel makers out there tellin you that you need copper left in there? That someone who doesn't clean their barrels has convinced themselves that they don't have to, does not mean they couldn't do well otherwise. It probably means they don't have much for copper accumulation. And when it takes quite a few shots to achieve stable foul, it doesn't mean copper is helping you. It means whatever you're leaving in your bore takes a while to burn out. I put bores away cleaner than I pulled them, every time, even if I shot only once. They are cleaned to white metal(as verified via borescope), flushed/dried out with alcohol, and dry prefouled with WS2 before they go back in the safe. When I pull them #1 shot is as good as #100, and even though I could go a couple hundred rounds if not more before affected by copper, it hurts nothing at all to stay on top of fouling,, copper, and especially carbon. In the past I have had my share of barrels that copper fouled out by 20-30 rounds, and two that were spent by 8-10rounds. After treating those barrels with Tubb's FF, shooting between copper was extended considerably. Nothing about that copper was helping accuracy. My better barrels, that barely copper foul, also do not 'need' copper to shoot. [/QUOTE]
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