A shooting friend of mine, who is a F Class National Champion, told me that she would never clean her barrel if she could. Unfortunately, dirty barrels are anathema to Hubby, so he sneaks off and cleans the thing.
“Honey are you cleaning my barrel again?”
She says that she clearly sees a tightening of the group at 1000 yards as the barrel fouls.
I am a compulsive barrel cleaner and I can say with a moderately worn barrel, I have seen the group move as the barrel fouls. With a new Krieger, I could not tell if the offset was due to the clean barrel, my position, or the wind. But it was not much. I believe as barrels wear you see more movement as the barrel fouls.
“Honey are you cleaning my barrel again?”
She says that she clearly sees a tightening of the group at 1000 yards as the barrel fouls.
I am a compulsive barrel cleaner and I can say with a moderately worn barrel, I have seen the group move as the barrel fouls. With a new Krieger, I could not tell if the offset was due to the clean barrel, my position, or the wind. But it was not much. I believe as barrels wear you see more movement as the barrel fouls.