I bought a 2004 Savage 110 in 7MM Rem Mag and have been reloading for it now for 3 years and have probably put 500-600 shots thru the barrel and I have no ides what was shot before I got it. It shoots well and with bullet weights from 110 to 180 I am usually able to find a load that will group less than an inch and some weight bullets less than 1/2 inch at 100 yd. I had recently read about copper fouling significantly deterirating accuracy after very few shots . I realized that the gun did seem to have a lot of copper fouling so I decided to treat it like a new gun by shooting 1 shot then thoroughtly clean(till no copper shows on the patches) and repeat for 10 shots then shoot 3 and repeat for several repititions then 5 then 10 shot groups . It took me all day (after first hanging treestands in the morning ) to do the first 10 shots . It did seem to decreasee the copper fouling by the 10th shot . But it looks like it will take several weekends to fiinish the process I had planned.
What do you all think , am I wasting my time?
Thanks and I really appeciate all the knowledge and help on the site
FrankA
What do you all think , am I wasting my time?
Thanks and I really appeciate all the knowledge and help on the site
FrankA