Flynt
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I've had a Sako 75 Hunter in7mm/08 for about 3 years, but I'm about to get rid of it. I can't seem to get rid of the copper fouling, and I'm not getting any kind of decent accuracy.
I may have created the problem when I first got the gun, almost NIB. I called Sako customer service and asked whether the barrel needed to be broken in, and they said no. I messed around with the gun for a while on the range, trying a couple of different scopes until I got one I liked, so I may have shot a couple of hundred rounds and only pushed a patch with CLP through the bore -- no break in or heavy duty cleaning. Then I noticed that the grooves in the bore looked like a penny -- very noticable brown copper deposit. It took me forever to clean it, then I went through the break in process, which also took forever.
Killed a deer with it a couple of years ago, but it's set in the safe since then. I dusted it off the other day, took it to the range and couldn't hit jack. Got home, and guess what, the damn copper was back. I've pushed a dozen patches saturated with Butch's through it, and I've still got a good deposit.
My question is, do I have "lemon?" Or have I somehow messed up a perfectly fine firearm? I'm stumped. I don't have a lot rifles, but I've never encountered this before. Thanks.
I may have created the problem when I first got the gun, almost NIB. I called Sako customer service and asked whether the barrel needed to be broken in, and they said no. I messed around with the gun for a while on the range, trying a couple of different scopes until I got one I liked, so I may have shot a couple of hundred rounds and only pushed a patch with CLP through the bore -- no break in or heavy duty cleaning. Then I noticed that the grooves in the bore looked like a penny -- very noticable brown copper deposit. It took me forever to clean it, then I went through the break in process, which also took forever.
Killed a deer with it a couple of years ago, but it's set in the safe since then. I dusted it off the other day, took it to the range and couldn't hit jack. Got home, and guess what, the damn copper was back. I've pushed a dozen patches saturated with Butch's through it, and I've still got a good deposit.
My question is, do I have "lemon?" Or have I somehow messed up a perfectly fine firearm? I'm stumped. I don't have a lot rifles, but I've never encountered this before. Thanks.