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re: Cleaning your Deer Rifle
Posted on 12/21/11 at 9:23 pm to INFIDEL
Posted on 12/21/11 at 9:23 pm to INFIDEL
no need to clean during season. good idea to wipe down if it gets wet. clean after the season and be sure to use a copper solvent to remove copper fouling in barrel. check out cleaning videos from Midway USA on youtube.
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Posted on 12/22/11 at 1:25 am to jack6294
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People clean their guns way too much
What a dumb thing to say.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 3:14 am to CommunityCollegeFTW
If it leaves the case, it gets cleaned.
Too much money tied up in my guns to let em rust. I know that it can go much longer and many many rounds between cleaning but I enjoy doing so.
Too much money tied up in my guns to let em rust. I know that it can go much longer and many many rounds between cleaning but I enjoy doing so.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:12 am to Ice Cream Sammich
Thread got me thinking about something else.
Do y'all ever unload the magazine during the season? I always just unchamber the round I was hunting with and push it down in the mag. Always got 4 in there whether hunting or not.
Do y'all ever unload the magazine during the season? I always just unchamber the round I was hunting with and push it down in the mag. Always got 4 in there whether hunting or not.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:15 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
I unload it now that I have a baby in the house.
Sammich, I have a couple of rifles that won't hit the broad side of a barn after cleaning the bore. Just something to think about.
Sammich, I have a couple of rifles that won't hit the broad side of a barn after cleaning the bore. Just something to think about.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:17 am to INFIDEL
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Sammich, I have a couple of rifles that won't hit the broad side of a barn after cleaning the bore
OK..you have my attention Infidel talk to me
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:26 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
I always unload the rifle when I get back to the camp. No need having a rifle loaded, in a case, under my bed.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:27 am to Tiger 79
Some rifles shoot better with "fouled" barrels. They just don't like clean bores. My xbolt shoots half inch, but if I clean the bore It will open up dramatically. Last time it took 10 shots before it pulled back in. My custom 700 doesn't care one way or the other. Shoots same hole no matter what. Buddy's custom 700 is like my xbolt while his Sako is less temperamental in that it only takes a couple shots to get back right.
Ftr, simply cleaning with a mild powder solvent isn't as bad.
Ftr, simply cleaning with a mild powder solvent isn't as bad.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 9:06 am to Tiger 79
Only if you want it to shoot straight.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 9:09 am to INFIDEL
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Sammich, I have a couple of rifles that won't hit the broad side of a barn after cleaning the bore. Just something to think about.
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INFIDEL
Your bore brush might be a little too big. Sounds like your affecting the rifling.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 9:22 am to INFIDEL
In theory you are right. You should feel free to clean the action and the outside fo the gun, but I dont clean my bore unless I'm about the sight in. Think about it you are altering the barrel of you gun by cleaning it. I seen people do this with black powder guns too. usally I wait till after the season and use a bore snake then resight it in for next season and thats it.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 9:27 am to Mako
My rifles get cleaned by the bullet.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 9:57 am to Mako
I think I'll leave that new bore snake I bought in the box until February 
Posted on 12/22/11 at 10:14 am to Tiger 79
I clean mine every time it gets wet (almost every hunt) and at the end of the weekend if it manages to stay dry.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 12:30 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Some rifles shoot better with "fouled" barrels.
I agree.
Also, most guns will change point of impact some after cleaning the bore.
My routine is to clean the entire gun well before season, sight it in, wipe it down during the season if it gets wet, then do a thorough cleaning after the season. Since removing action/barrel from the stock can affect point of impact, the only time I do this is for the before/after season thorough cleaning.
This post was edited on 12/22/11 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 12/22/11 at 12:56 pm to ccomeaux
No. I assure you that my bore brush isn't too big.
No theory here. Tested it time and time again. Not to mention that over cleaning your barrel can prematurely wear you barrel.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 1:00 pm to INFIDEL
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No. I assure you that my bore brush isn't too big.
there is a really good joke in that statement somewhere
Posted on 12/22/11 at 1:02 pm to Tiger 79
I was thinking that ad I typed.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 1:03 pm to INFIDEL
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What a dumb thing to say.
Not really, why risk damaging the bore. Sure wipe it down but being anal about a clean guns proves to be counter productive
Posted on 12/22/11 at 9:29 pm to jack6294
Infidel, I am still breking in my X-bolt so it gets scrubbed every three rounds religiously. It shoots .5-.75 groups perfectly clean and it's not broken in yet.
On my Remmy 700 and Savage I usually get lazy and use a boresnake which won't do any damage at all.
I get the logic that over cleaning would prematurely wear a barrel but at the same time, how is a copper brush going to damage steel? This is a hunting rifle and may see 1000 shots in it's lifetime. Now if it was a match gun or a full auto gun I would feel different. Not to mention, if my groupings move from say .6 all the way to 1.6, that's still a dead deer. But I am willing to bet that my barrel will rust out before that happens.
Breaking in a gun is a lot like a truck, everybody has their own way. With my X-bolt I am following Ryndersons method and I am extremely happy with the accuracy so far.
On my Remmy 700 and Savage I usually get lazy and use a boresnake which won't do any damage at all.
I get the logic that over cleaning would prematurely wear a barrel but at the same time, how is a copper brush going to damage steel? This is a hunting rifle and may see 1000 shots in it's lifetime. Now if it was a match gun or a full auto gun I would feel different. Not to mention, if my groupings move from say .6 all the way to 1.6, that's still a dead deer. But I am willing to bet that my barrel will rust out before that happens.
Breaking in a gun is a lot like a truck, everybody has their own way. With my X-bolt I am following Ryndersons method and I am extremely happy with the accuracy so far.
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