Tikka 26-06 will not shoot when clean

[tome]

the title says it. tried different bullets , weights, powers and seating lengths . some are better, but none group less then 1.5 - 2 " at 100m. rifle is a lh 695 with a 22' barrel. i had it restocked by LONE WOLF. he used his fiberglass stock and glass/pillar bedded it. so i really did'nt think the stock was the problem. finally i quit cleaning it. just a patch to knock out the lose stuff. the bore looks like a copper mine. it shoots 87gr hornady sp/ imr 4350 into a .5 inch 3shot group. cold bore shots are dead on.shoots the way i want it to .the only other rifles that i've had that shoot better dirty are .22 target rifles. anybody else have the same expience ?

 

[Barlow]

A buddy has a T3 lite 25-06 that's the opposite. Accurate (moa) when clean goes away after 8 or so shots. Seems to be getting better after a couple hundred rounds. I have loaded for four different 25-06's and found them to be temperamental. Barlow

 

[watercam]

Give it what it needs! Hunt with a fouled bore, the more consistent the better in the field.

 

[snert]

Yep. I own a Swift of unknown make and origin. Worked by butt off scrubbing it and working with it for 2 years to get a good consistent group. Never could,. Till the day I decided to just shoot up all my ammo and call it quits. At round 15 it stopped stringing and started shooting. At #25 it fired several groups under 1/4 inch. Then it went bonkers. Now I never fully clean it, and when it is between round 6 and round 25 it shoots GREAT. So I feed it what it likes.

besides, some gals like it dirty!@

 

[243winxb]

A larger than normal groove diameter on a Win M70 , 1966 model year, 243 win., needed a minimum of 10 rounds to group.

Had 3 shots of an old Rem 70 gr match bullet hit the target side ways @ 100 yds.

A 80 gr spitzer bullet, lead tip, would melt on the way to the target, leaving lead smears around the bullet hole.

 

[tripdad]

Had Browning A-bolt 2, 300wm. Clean to about shot nine struggled to shoot moa, 10-25 or so shot 1/4-3/8 then sharted to slowly open up. Cleaned once year fouled with 8-9 check scope and hunted. Never shot more than rife could stand through hinting season. Shoot and enjoy best hinting rifle ever owned.

 

[rogn]

Have a 6X44mmBR on a top line cut barrel that isa 1/2 to 3/4" 100yd barrel until it gets about 10-12 rds down the bore, then its a sub 1/4" rifle for at least 60 more shots. Im not sure when to clean it again.