Hunting with clean vs fouled barrel?

[back40]

I have read where it is best to hunt with a fouled vs a clean barrel due to effect on bullet impact. My question is how long is it safe to leave a fouled barrel before the effects of 777 start to have a negative affect?

[hutchies]

Re: Hunting with clean vs fouled barrel?

Practice the same way you are going to hunt. I use a clean barrel. I swab between practice shots to make sure my barrel is clean.

[too_pointer]

Re: Hunting with clean vs fouled barrel?

I do the same as hutchies. One thing I do though, is fire off a few primers before I load it up to hunt. I want to be sure to have a clean fire channel to the powder. It works fine in my gun doing that, there are other guns who do a whole lot better with accuracy on a fouled barrel. This is something you will need to find out with practice

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