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I just put 10 rounds through my rem 700 police, and was wondering if i need to clean the inside of the barrel. Deer season starts nov 3, and lasts for 2 weeks, I am wondering if it's best to leave it how it is now, or clean it because won't left over oil from cleaning affect accuracy, I was always told to shoot a couple shots, before sighting in your gun to get rid of left over oil or anything in the barrel. So clean or not to clean?. thanks
 
Our deer season, for rifle, opens Nov.5th & runs for 1 or 2 weeks depending on the zone you are in...

I personally don't clean my rifle after sighting in. Just wipe it down & you're gtg till after deer season... Of course, if it gets soaked etc, I will clean it...

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Jay
 
If the rifle is blued and in even a slightly humid environment I put one patch of Ed's Red through it then several dry patches before hunting. None of my rifles show a different POI using this method.
 
With modern smokeless powders, there is no need to clean your rifle after only 10 shots. I usually shoot all summer, clean each rifle once or twice during that time, and then in the fall, clean them all for the winter. I had a stainless steel S&W 45 ACP that shot cast bullets. I cleaned it every 3 or 4 years and even then, I wasn't sure why I was cleaning it ...... the bore was shiny and clean before I even got the cleaning kit out.
 
Once sighted in leave it alone until after hunting. Put a piece of electrical tape over the muzzle to keep water/snow out of it and go find your buck.
 
thanks guys, I have decided not to clean it. I will also be using it for coyote hunting in the winter, AFTER deer season is done, should I just pass a patch through with oil followed by lot's of dry patches, because bringing the gun in from cold to hot can cause some frost on the metal?
 
I foul and sight in my rifles, then leave them uncleaned until the end of the season, which is a month in my zone. Haven't had any corrosion issues with this method through several seasons, but it is generally very low humidity here.


Mark
 
Find out if your gun likes to be shot clean or dirty.
One of my custom 300wsm likes to be shot clean and better accruacy to clean every few rounds and i will make sure the barrel is sparkly clean before i will take it up the bush.
Other 340 weatherby mag likes to be left alone dirty. If i do clean the 340 and need to go hunting the next day, I will fire 1 or 2 rounds before i actaully hike up the mtn and duct tape the crown.

if it was a rainy day (today in the bush...) than i will pull through a dry cloth few times to get moisture out and leave it for a long long time.
 
There is some debate concerning the wisdom of removing all fouling down to bare metal. At one time I was firmly on the side of cleaning down to bare steel, these days I'm not so sure. One thing that is clear though that there is no down side to removing the abrasive carbon fouling after each shooting session, provided one does so in the correct manner with a bore guide. Don’t kill your rifle with kindness, clean frequently, but minimally, after each outing, and your rifle will outlast you.
 
Contrary to the belief of some, rifles do not clean themselves with ever shot like a self cleaning oven.
The interesting part folllowing cleaning or shooting from a cold barrel is tracking where that first shot goes.
The advice on my .260 Remington with a shilen barrel was to shoot it until accuracy declines . . . then clean.
Personal preferences and comfort zones.
 
Dont clean your barrel until your accuracy goes for a crap.
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Funny how every thread related to cleaning gets this bit of wisdom thrown in almost immediately.
I guess with regard to a hunting rifle, this means to miss or wound an animal before cleaning your gun. Seems to me it would make some sense to clean a rifle before it becomes inaccurate. Mind you, I realize that in many cases, this could be quite a number of rounds, and certainly the OPs 10 rounds likely won't affect the way his rifle shoots. Just a pet peeve of mine that people rely on this tired old excuse to avoid cleaning a rifle bore.
 
CDNtbone303 said:
I just put 10 rounds through my rem 700 police, and was wondering if i need to clean the inside of the barrel. Deer season starts nov 3, and lasts for 2 weeks, I am wondering if it's best to leave it how it is now, or clean it because won't left over oil from cleaning affect accuracy, I was always told to shoot a couple shots, before sighting in your gun to get rid of left over oil or anything in the barrel. So clean or not to clean?. thanks
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If you know how your rifle reacts and if the point of impact changes or if your rifle needs a fouler or two to settle down then you can make a decision based on that info.

If you don't know the above then place a piece of tape over the muzzle and go hunting.
 
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