Just curious as to how many fouling shots your rifle likes for best accuracy? And then how many shots between cleaning does it take to see a decline in accuracy? Let's hear your results!
Just curious as to how many fouling shots your rifle likes for best accuracy? And then how many shots between cleaning does it take to see a decline in accuracy? Let's hear your results!
For my PRS rifle (6BRA) 1200 rounds between copper cleaning, about 400 between carbon cleaning, but I clean my rifle after each use (for dirt and what not)
Fouling shots on this above rifle is about 2-5 shots.
If this gun shoots more than a 1/4” 5 shot group then I look at cleaning or seating depth.
Any rifle I have "deep cleaned" is between 3-5 shot before it settle back in.
I just clean when accuracy falls off to unsatisfactory group size. one of my 7 rems is 400 rounds in not cleaned yet and my 6.5creedmoor is about 350 not cleaned yet.
Some of my other rifles probably had 300-500 through them before I "cleaned them. I do pull a bore snake through after longer range sessions and do a quick carbon cleaning every 100 rounds or so but no noticeable shift in POI or group size from those.
My 30-06 Bartlein #3 likes just one fouling shot. First shot from a clean, cold barrel is usually 1.5" northwest of point of aim and the next 5+ are right on target
Like others said, usually about 3. I typically run a 100-200 hundred rounds through my rifles before I clean them. I don't notice any POI shift or accuracy issues in mine. I probably have about 500 rounds through one of my rifles without any cleaning whatsoever and it still shoots 1/4 MOA.
My 7mag hates being clean. With a full copper cleaning it's sometimes 20+ fouling shots and 2-3 MOA before they all start to hit on top of each other. But then it's generally good for several hundred rounds before accuracy slacks off.