Reloadron
Contributing Member
Barrel cleanliness and accuracy
Just an observation on my part. I am not a bench rest type guy. I do shoot and have membership at Kelbly's Range which is home to the annual Super Shoot in the bench rest community. These are the 100 & 200 yard bench rest competition shooters. These bench rest guys are an interesting lot. I watch them load on the range, shoot 3 shots and clean the barrel. Every 3 rounds they are punching a patch on a jag down the barrel aft to fore with solvent then a few dry patches. Then 3 more rounds and repeat.
Me? I may run between 100 to 200 of 223 and 308 down range. I then wet my barrels real good and make the hour ride home. Once home I use a bronze brush followed by clean patches. Been using the Hoppes #9 with the copper solvent. I wipe the rifle down with a Rem Oil wipe and that's fine till the next time.
Ron
Just an observation on my part. I am not a bench rest type guy. I do shoot and have membership at Kelbly's Range which is home to the annual Super Shoot in the bench rest community. These are the 100 & 200 yard bench rest competition shooters. These bench rest guys are an interesting lot. I watch them load on the range, shoot 3 shots and clean the barrel. Every 3 rounds they are punching a patch on a jag down the barrel aft to fore with solvent then a few dry patches. Then 3 more rounds and repeat.
Me? I may run between 100 to 200 of 223 and 308 down range. I then wet my barrels real good and make the hour ride home. Once home I use a bronze brush followed by clean patches. Been using the Hoppes #9 with the copper solvent. I wipe the rifle down with a Rem Oil wipe and that's fine till the next time.
Ron