gixer1 Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 If you clean the barrel bore of your centre fire - does it normally take you a few shots to get it back on target? or is it immediately on the money? Regards, Gixer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackley Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 If you clean the barrel bore of your centre fire - does it normally take you a few shots to get it back on target? or is it immediately on the money? Regards, Gixer depends on the quality of the barrel,some do some dont,mine do but there not standard barrels.its a case of suck it and see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 depends on the quality of the barrel,some do some dont,mine do but there not standard barrels.its a case of suck it and see Sorry - yours does what? needs a few shots or is bang on the money? Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackley Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Sorry - yours does what? needs a few shots or is bang on the money? Regards, sorry,bang on the money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12borejimbo Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 It should be bang on the money, dont see how cleaning will throw it out for a few shots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 It should be bang on the money, dont see how cleaning will throw it out for a few shots? So cleaning any copper fouling doesn't change the point of impact on a centrefire? is that what you are saying? Regards, Gixer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12borejimbo Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 So cleaning any copper fouling doesn't change the point of impact on a centrefire? is that what you are saying? Regards, Gixer Not atall, im saying that if you clean your rifle barrell, why should it effect your POI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 All mine shoots to their zero after cleaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 I'm basically asking if anyone rezero's after cleaning their barrel...or if you just take it as ok? Regards, Gixer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12borejimbo Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 I'm basically asking if anyone rezero's after cleaning their barrel...or if you just take it as ok? Regards, Gixer Sorry, bit of a mis understanding, I take it as ok, It should be spot on. But sometimes before a big lamping session I will fire 1 or 2 rounds at a target just to make sure as you never know! Then there is no excuse for missing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockercas Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 i dont know when i clean mine i always fire 3 shots at the stone heap. my rifle shoots 100gr terrible (2 1/2 inch group) but after a good scrub i can shoot half a dozen 100 gr at the same POI as my 55gr bullets. weird eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 I dont clean mine often so dont have the problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSS Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 I deep cleaned mine once to remove the **** out of the bore, and regretted it. It used to group Privis 1/2" at 100 yards, but after the clean, the target looked like I'd pattern tested my 12 bore! It took about 8 or so shots to get it to shoot straight. Now, I just pull a boresnake through after every time I use it to remove powder residue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12borejimbo Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 I deep cleaned mine once to remove the **** out of the bore, and regretted it. It used to group Privis 1/2" at 100 yards, but after the clean, the target looked like I'd pattern tested my 12 bore! It took about 8 or so shots to get it to shoot straight. Now, I just pull a boresnake through after every time I use it to remove powder residue Exactly what I do! Spray legia spray down the pipe, stand it up and leave for 5 mins, 2 pulls through and finished! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackley Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 I deep cleaned mine once to remove the **** out of the bore, and regretted it. It used to group Privis 1/2" at 100 yards, but after the clean, the target looked like I'd pattern tested my 12 bore! It took about 8 or so shots to get it to shoot straight. Now, I just pull a boresnake through after every time I use it to remove powder residue that can happen with some rifle barrels you either have a good one or a bad one you wont know without a bore scope,but if the gun dont shoot after a good cleaning you alreay have the answer the reason why some barrels dont shoot is the machining marks which are down the barrel,these strip copper off the bullets and make them do weired things,once the problem area is full of copper it settles down and shoots once more,this is why a match grade hand lapped barrel will shoot from clean. another way to try and make the barrel shoot is from new is to run it in basically shoot one and clean one,this will iron out any machining marks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 We all have different cleaning methods,some shooters find out the hard way, but in reality its in my opinion one of the best ways to learn. If your unsure how your rifle will shoot once cleaned after say load development or target practice,take your cleaning gear to were you zero. After you have done shooting clean you rifle as you would normaly, then take the nessasary amount of shots to check your zero. Job done in the cabinet zero'd ready for the next day/night out knowing its on the button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 I have always been a shooter rather than a cleaner ,how ever I clean my ruger .308 sometimes . After a clean I always but always put a couple of fouling shots through the barrel before I use it on deer again . I have never had to re-zero after a good clean . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cometa24/7 Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 intresting topic having read the posts I recall zeroing my .22 hornet before christmas were the grouping was lets say fair but i wanted better, so thinking it might be me not the scope I attached a strap to my sling swivell as on my avatar to steady the shot a little more,went back out and it was a lot better. I had cleaned the barrel before zeroing at christmas time and i've just cleaned it today so i will be watching the outcome of the POI with these posts in mind.. Thanks for posts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Good question- depends on the guns prefference and it can change over use and time. The .22 lr needs re-leading in following a clean 25 on the range and its sorted you might think zero is out on it but its just the groups are opened up as such its useable clean just not as spot on reliable a shooter. My centrefires all get cleaned and oiled after use, before use i swab them out with minralised meths swabs then dry patching, it is to this clean point they are zeroed as you can never maintain a level of dirtyness 100%. If the zero wanders from this point one should know to were and after how many and keep a check on it - like i say it can change, it certainly has with my own .243" which used to track steadily down shot after shot till it was 1 moa low, it now looses its grouping ability and might go high'low left right at random the muckier it gets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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