I used copper solvent on this barrel for the first time last night, and it may have made a difference. I thought I'd see more copper, but after (2) 10 minute soakings with Montana X-Treme 50 BMG, then scrubbing with a nylon brush, then patches, the first dry patch had a little blue on it, the second and third none. This was after my normal cleaning routine using Kano Kroil. Maybe the Kroil is doing a decent job on the copper too? It's a Shilen barrel, so it may just not collect much copper. ?
This is a 10-shot group, shot in about 2 minutes earlier this evening. I put a variety of bullets down the barrel for about a half hour before I shot this target, so the barrel was very warm. I wanted to try getting up to around 50 shots without cleaning to see what happened to accuracy. Haven't cleaned yet, and not sure I should until groups start getting bigger than this. Whatever the group size, it's a 100 if we scored it! The 10 ring is 1.5" on this target.
Still not quite up to Old Turtle's level, but working on it!
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