mikeh3 Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Finally got around to building a 22-250 on an 98 action. Took the rifle to the range today to shoot five round groups to find a good load. After shooting the first group, I got to wondering if I should clean the barrel before shooting the next group of five. I did not clean between the five groups and the best I could get was 7/8 inch at 100 yards. I need to bed the stock and get a good trigger before I go any further. Finally, my question is this; How often do you clean your barrel when trying to develop a load? Thanks, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbum Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 unless it's a new barrel, I don't. the last new barrel I shot in I cleaned with shooter's choice after the first round or two, then every five-round group after that. it is a shaw barrel from 1993 and seems to stay clean now at the 100 or so round mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh3 Posted October 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 unless it's a new barrel, I don't. the last new barrel I shot in I cleaned with shooter's choice after the first round or two, then every five-round group after that. it is a shaw barrel from 1993 and seems to stay clean now at the 100 or so round mark. Thanks for your reply. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemson Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 I took a rifle to the range recently with three different loads that I wanted to try, 5 rounds of each. I put up three targets and shot one round from each load at each target, then went back and repeated the process until I had put all 15 rounds down range. That way, I had essentially equal dirt in the barrel for each load being evaluated. I was able to see that one load was clearly better than the other two, so I would say the experiment was successful. Clemson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh3 Posted October 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 I took a rifle to the range recently with three different loads that I wanted to try, 5 rounds of each. I put up three targets and shot one round from each load at each target, then went back and repeated the process until I had put all 15 rounds down range. That way, I had essentially equal dirt in the barrel for each load being evaluated. I was able to see that one load was clearly better than the other two, so I would say the experiment was successful. Clemson Thanks for your reply. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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