Cleaning and accuracy

[BULLET 05]

For just the average shooter that still wants to try to make nice touching holes in paper how much cleaning do you guys do?? Every 15 rounds every 25 rounds?

 

[chkunz]

For the 223 AR match rifle used for XTC, I clean after 200 to 300 rounds. I never try to get squeaky clean. Three wet brush strokes, wet patch then repeat three times. Then dry patch and done. Jb the throat every 500 to 1000 rounds. I keep an accurate round count and note when cleaning is done.

I use this same procedure for load development from the bench for this application.

 

[Sleepyhollow]

Thai will be easier with a bore scope. But I clean to bare metal every cleaning. I used wipe out and iosso or jb if need be. I clean every 10 or 15 rds.

 

[LHSmith]

Depends on - caliber and powder
For 30 caliber (30 BR) I shoot the whole match ~ 60 rounds
For 6mm caliber ( 6 PPC) I clean half way ~30 rounds
For .224 caliber (.222) I clean at end of relay ~10-12 rounds
I always clean while the barrel is warm and follow up with Iosso on a patch at the end of a match.

 

[Mark W]

I only compete with myself, but I shoot ever how much I’m going to shoot that day whether it’s 20 rounds or 200 and then I push a couple of patches of wipeout before leaving the range. I’ll follow up and finish cleaning the next day. With the help of a Teslong bore scope, I’ve got it down to where it’s a pretty quick process to remove all carbon, so that I don’t build up a carbon ring.

There are lots of threads on barrel cleaning, so I won’t go into detail on the process that I use. There would be 50 posts afterwards proclaiming different methods are better and they very well may be, but what I do works for me. My advice is to read a few barrel cleaning threads, buy a bore scope and some some products to test and get after it.