so apparently there may be some truth to a dirty barrel being more accurate than a [perfectly] clean barrel...
in another thread some people said to leave the rifle barrels dirty and they shoot more accurately. Id never heard of that but was open to learn more so yesterday I spent time with my elk rifle and observed my group tighten up after the first few rounds. Maybe it was just me warming up, or maybe it was the barrel getting dirty... IDK, but thinking about things there are aspects to this that do make sense since you only get one shot with a perfectly clean barrel anyways its not a realistic expectation for accuracy and practical use. Anyways...
so as I experiment with this some more questions are...
1) should I just not clean the barrel at all if Im expecting to shoot in again soon? if not, what level of cleaning is appropriate to maintain accuracy and short term storage, maybe just run an oil cloth once?
2) my guess is its still very appropriate to perfectly clean a barrel for long term storage is that true? The assumption would be that when you finally shoot it again you would need to run 1 or 2 rounds thru it to regain the last point of impact (all other things being equal).
in another thread some people said to leave the rifle barrels dirty and they shoot more accurately. Id never heard of that but was open to learn more so yesterday I spent time with my elk rifle and observed my group tighten up after the first few rounds. Maybe it was just me warming up, or maybe it was the barrel getting dirty... IDK, but thinking about things there are aspects to this that do make sense since you only get one shot with a perfectly clean barrel anyways its not a realistic expectation for accuracy and practical use. Anyways...
so as I experiment with this some more questions are...
1) should I just not clean the barrel at all if Im expecting to shoot in again soon? if not, what level of cleaning is appropriate to maintain accuracy and short term storage, maybe just run an oil cloth once?
2) my guess is its still very appropriate to perfectly clean a barrel for long term storage is that true? The assumption would be that when you finally shoot it again you would need to run 1 or 2 rounds thru it to regain the last point of impact (all other things being equal).