caribou
Member
I clean my bores each and every time I take them out, shot or not.
I live in the wet, out in a boat or across it as snow and ice, with swirls of fog and salt spay galore. Its ironic, but since we get less than 10inches of rain (takes more snow to make an inch of rain) every year were technically a 'desert'.
As much as I can, if I have the spare shell, and a loud noise wont bother game, I take a ''fouling shot'' and make sure my sights are on. At camps , I place a 8 inch steel gong or 3 at varies numbers of paces...''Arshins" ? (right LOL!) and have at it.
Any way, thats because back when I shot at paper targets alot more than animals, my 'clean/cold' shots were usually a couple inches higher than those that followed and I saw them as my 'spoilers' so , in the sake of fairly long range accuracy, I shoot a fouler.
Since I shoot alot of corrosive, taking care of any bore properly is simply routine.
I live in the wet, out in a boat or across it as snow and ice, with swirls of fog and salt spay galore. Its ironic, but since we get less than 10inches of rain (takes more snow to make an inch of rain) every year were technically a 'desert'.
As much as I can, if I have the spare shell, and a loud noise wont bother game, I take a ''fouling shot'' and make sure my sights are on. At camps , I place a 8 inch steel gong or 3 at varies numbers of paces...''Arshins" ? (right LOL!) and have at it.
Any way, thats because back when I shot at paper targets alot more than animals, my 'clean/cold' shots were usually a couple inches higher than those that followed and I saw them as my 'spoilers' so , in the sake of fairly long range accuracy, I shoot a fouler.
Since I shoot alot of corrosive, taking care of any bore properly is simply routine.