Bob Nelson 35Whelen
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@CharlesTI'm just curious as to how often people clean their rifle barrels for copper fouling. I've found that about every 50 rounds seems, for me at least, to be the time before accuracy starts to dramatically fall off.
Since I started using Hogdon CFE223 in my son's 308 and my 35 Whelen I haven't cleaned my barrels. The 308 has had a couple of hundred rounds thru it and the Whelen maybe 75 rounds. Both are still relatively copper free.
My 25 Epps Newton improved gets cleaned when accuracy falls off. It still groups 0.8 inch groups at 200 yards after 150 shots so why clean it.
My gunsmith said he has seen more barrels worn out from cleaning than shooting them out.
After shooting I just give my bore a coat of INOX then patch it out before shooting.
Bob