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Copper Fouling?

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  • 07-12-2008 5:06pm
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    fathersymes
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    Curious to know what are the most dramatic effects anyone has observed? My own groups opened up to 4inch at 100m.


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    bunny shooter
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    What calibre?

    I'd say there is more than copper at play there?


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    fathersymes
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    6.5x55, cleaned it til patches clean. First ten rounds after clean weren't grouping well then started grouping well again.


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    bunny shooter
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    I find a clean barrel takes time to 'shoot in' again after cleaning


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    sixpointfive
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    How many rounds have gone through the barrel, how often do you clean it?


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    fathersymes
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    sixpointfive wrote: »
    How many rounds have gone through the barrel, how often do you clean it?

    A few boxes maybe 50-60 rounds since the last clean, wouldn't be shot out probably only about 250 rounds altogether. I'd normally clean it after 20 rounds, I was always aware that after a clean you'd need a few shots to get back to tight groups.


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    Gerri
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    fathersymes wrote: »
    A few boxes maybe 50-60 rounds since the last clean, wouldn't be shot out probably only about 250 rounds altogether. I'd normally clean it after 20 rounds, I was always aware that after a clean you'd need a few shots to get back to tight groups.

    What do you use to clean it ? i.e.which solvents,patches,brushes etc.


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    Foleypte
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    are the rounds being fed clean into the breach?

    I had a problem in the past the round was scraping the breach as it was sliding in.


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