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Whats My Borescope Telling Me
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<blockquote data-quote="SMK1000plus" data-source="post: 2908918" data-attributes="member: 93846"><p>My beloved late Uncle Frederick had a simular old original Browning BAR 30-06 that he had hunted with for over 40 years. He NEVER cleaned the bore, EVER! The only cleaning that rifle ever got was at least 15 years after he had owned it, once every few years when he would let his son and I check zero for him (200 yard zero) and I insisted on a full cleaning, especially the bore. By the time that I had got it for its first cleaning, that bore literally looked as if someone had blasted a coarse grit with a sandblaster down the inside of the barrel. There were easily visable pits and grooves all over inside, including across the lands. That rifle still constantly shoots 5 round groups of various, often mixed lot numbers of Remington CoreLokt PSP 150gr, Remington SP 125gr (NOT CoreLokt) and even Winchester 150gr SP ammunition, all sub-MOA. I know, unbelievable. If I hadn't seen it first hand over and over again, I'd have never believed it myself. Not one of the half-dozen BARS that I have owned in 300 Win Mag, 30-06 or 308 Win had ever consistently shot 5 round groups under 1-1/4 MOA. Most were just under 2 MOA in 5 rounds, typically. Yes, I have occasionally shot some sub-MOA, even a couple of 1/2-MOA 3 round groups with them but, the best of them was a true 1-1/4 MOA grouping rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMK1000plus, post: 2908918, member: 93846"] My beloved late Uncle Frederick had a simular old original Browning BAR 30-06 that he had hunted with for over 40 years. He NEVER cleaned the bore, EVER! The only cleaning that rifle ever got was at least 15 years after he had owned it, once every few years when he would let his son and I check zero for him (200 yard zero) and I insisted on a full cleaning, especially the bore. By the time that I had got it for its first cleaning, that bore literally looked as if someone had blasted a coarse grit with a sandblaster down the inside of the barrel. There were easily visable pits and grooves all over inside, including across the lands. That rifle still constantly shoots 5 round groups of various, often mixed lot numbers of Remington CoreLokt PSP 150gr, Remington SP 125gr (NOT CoreLokt) and even Winchester 150gr SP ammunition, all sub-MOA. I know, unbelievable. If I hadn't seen it first hand over and over again, I'd have never believed it myself. Not one of the half-dozen BARS that I have owned in 300 Win Mag, 30-06 or 308 Win had ever consistently shot 5 round groups under 1-1/4 MOA. Most were just under 2 MOA in 5 rounds, typically. Yes, I have occasionally shot some sub-MOA, even a couple of 1/2-MOA 3 round groups with them but, the best of them was a true 1-1/4 MOA grouping rifle. [/QUOTE]
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