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Originally Posted by SkytopBrewster
Clean that thing to the bare metal and go shoot a 5 shot group, then another and another, letting it cool but don't clean. I bet the third target will be the best. After doing a few of these little experiments with my own guns they now only get the wipe out treatment every 2-300 rounds, only kroil and a good carbon remover. My cold clean bore zero is almost 10cm different than my cold fouled bore zero at 100m, that equates to a half a meter miss at a 600 meter target. Something to keep an eye on or at least consider. All this copper removal hype is just hype  |
On my hunting rifles they NEVER get the copper cleaned out of them for several seasons, but I run a patch through them every time I go out, after they are warmed to room temp just to control the moisture a bit.
On my own match rifles I could care less of they go thirty, forty , or even two hundred rounds if the accuracy is not affected, but I know many shooters who prefer to shoot from a clean rifle every time- never could figure it out myself .
That is why I said if one feels their accuracy is going, clean the danged rifle sooner.
I've been told many times that I am wrong however.......
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