Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow
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Got a question for ML hunters....
OK, the problem is that like most ML/load combos, my first shot from a clean bore with one of the two MLs I'm using to hunt with next weekend, is WAY off from it's "normal" point of impact with a fouled bore, after one or more shots. Completely unacceptable and not minute of deer from a clean bore (ridiculously off), but reasonably accurate with a fouled bore (today it was roughly 2" at 90 yards for a 3 shot group, but that first shot is 10-12" off).
Problem is, next weekend I won't be able to take a fouling shot the morning of the hunt (noise, time, etc.), and do not want to take a fouling shot the evening before while scouting, because the season will not have started yet, and I don't want the game warden or anyone else to see me "firing a gun" in the woods (even if it's just powder/no bullet).
So, I deliberately didn't clean it today after shooting, or order to keep it in a fouled/ready condition for the hunt. I guess the questions are, does anyone else do this, how much corrosion will I experience in a week from triple 7, and is there a better alternative solution I'm not thinking of?
Thanks a lot!
OK, the problem is that like most ML/load combos, my first shot from a clean bore with one of the two MLs I'm using to hunt with next weekend, is WAY off from it's "normal" point of impact with a fouled bore, after one or more shots. Completely unacceptable and not minute of deer from a clean bore (ridiculously off), but reasonably accurate with a fouled bore (today it was roughly 2" at 90 yards for a 3 shot group, but that first shot is 10-12" off).
Problem is, next weekend I won't be able to take a fouling shot the morning of the hunt (noise, time, etc.), and do not want to take a fouling shot the evening before while scouting, because the season will not have started yet, and I don't want the game warden or anyone else to see me "firing a gun" in the woods (even if it's just powder/no bullet).
So, I deliberately didn't clean it today after shooting, or order to keep it in a fouled/ready condition for the hunt. I guess the questions are, does anyone else do this, how much corrosion will I experience in a week from triple 7, and is there a better alternative solution I'm not thinking of?
Thanks a lot!