Picked up a couple of new rifles and really want to try and do all that I can to make them as accurate as possible. I actually did the barrel break in procedure as suggested by the manufacturer.
The .308 hated the 165 grain Federal Gameking loads, the group were at 3 inches. It did better with the 168 gr Barnes TSX bullets but loved the Winchester 150gr Deer Season load. I was able to get around 1.5 inches at 100 yards.
Some of that could be due to shooter error and the weather which was cold and sprinkling last Saturday. I hadn't shot a .308 for a couple of years so maybe I was flinching until I got the hang of it.
I was reading about accuracy and see info around copper fouling. Just curious what you guys do for a cleaning procedure. I have always just use a copper bore brush with Shooters Choice solvent, followed by a couple of wet patches with solvent and then dry patches.
I never really ever thought about copper fouling. I just looked down the barrel of the gun and if shiny I was done. In looking at the muzzle, i can see that the grooves do appear discolored. Its hard to say if its just where the bullet has removed some of the bluing or if its copper.
Hard to believe I would have that much build up after 25 rounds if I was brushing and patching between every shot.
I don't want to over think it, but maybe I wasn't thinking about it enough before and need to use a special step for copper?
The .308 hated the 165 grain Federal Gameking loads, the group were at 3 inches. It did better with the 168 gr Barnes TSX bullets but loved the Winchester 150gr Deer Season load. I was able to get around 1.5 inches at 100 yards.
Some of that could be due to shooter error and the weather which was cold and sprinkling last Saturday. I hadn't shot a .308 for a couple of years so maybe I was flinching until I got the hang of it.
I was reading about accuracy and see info around copper fouling. Just curious what you guys do for a cleaning procedure. I have always just use a copper bore brush with Shooters Choice solvent, followed by a couple of wet patches with solvent and then dry patches.
I never really ever thought about copper fouling. I just looked down the barrel of the gun and if shiny I was done. In looking at the muzzle, i can see that the grooves do appear discolored. Its hard to say if its just where the bullet has removed some of the bluing or if its copper.
Hard to believe I would have that much build up after 25 rounds if I was brushing and patching between every shot.
I don't want to over think it, but maybe I wasn't thinking about it enough before and need to use a special step for copper?
