TCB in TN
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I have my old 39 mountie, and several newer 60's and all shoot straight lead fare just fine.
Since it will be up to 60 this weekend, I will try some other ammo. My barrel is clean right now as gunsmith said there was a lot of build up at the chamber end. Said to wire brush once in a while in circular motion w Hoppes. This morning after talking to him about testing ammo, he was up in the air about cleaning when changing brand ammo for testing. I have decided that it will take 50 rounds for sighting different ammo including maybe 15 rounds for the barrel to accurrately shoot with different brand ammo. I will NOT clean the barrel during testing. Also, will be at 40 meters. Thanks MO, yes I experience 15 or so rounds too if barrel has been cleaned before will seat. I will shoot dirty and see what happens.Excellent range report.
On cleaning the barrels while testing ammo... I'm not sure. My Mounties seem to like to be dirty. After I clean it takes a few dozen rounds down the tube before they'll settle in and shoot nice groups. I don't typically clean but I do shoot 50 or so rounds before giving up on an ammo - if the groups don't start tightening up by then, they probably won't. Usually some improvement is evident by the 4th or 5th group.
Since it will be up to 60 this weekend, I will try some other ammo. My barrel is clean right now as gunsmith said there was a lot of build up at the chamber end. Said to wire brush once in a while in circular motion w Hoppes. This morning after talking to him about testing ammo, he was up in the air about cleaning when changing brand ammo for testing. I have decided that it will take 50 rounds for sighting different ammo including maybe 15 rounds for the barrel to accurrately shoot with different brand ammo. I will NOT clean the barrel during testing. Also, will be at 40 meters. Thanks MO, yes I experience 15 or so rounds too if barrel has been cleaned before will seat. I will shoot dirty and see what happens.Excellent range report.
On cleaning the barrels while testing ammo... I'm not sure. My Mounties seem to like to be dirty. After I clean it takes a few dozen rounds down the tube before they'll settle in and shoot nice groups. I don't typically clean but I do shoot 50 or so rounds before giving up on an ammo - if the groups don't start tightening up by then, they probably won't. Usually some improvement is evident by the 4th or 5th group.