G'Day Fella's,

Sorry I've been away for a few days, initially game fishing (Saturday with, www.hotshotcharters.com.au ), then Deer & Pig hunting (Sun, Mon & Tues). And to think the British used to send people out here for punishment? If they only knew!!!

Thanks for your comments on my posting. Glad to see I havn't as yet received any seriously derogatory
responses.

I may be a bit old fashioned (and philosophical in my old age) especially in the way I go about things but I firmly believe, "If it ain't Broke, Don't Fix it"!

The firearm that I have used as a bench mark to confirm my cleaning strategy (as per "How I clean Barrel's), is an old Tikka LSA55 bolt action, with the original factory, Cut Rifled carbon steel .222Rem barrel.
This Tikka has been treated and cleaned as per my above post and it will still shoot 0.250" (1/4") 5 shot groups! It has now fired just over 3600 shots (mainly Kangaroo's & Rabbits) and several times, I have fired over 50 shots in one session, without cleaning. The load that I use is no slouch either, as it pushes a 40 grain Sierra HP (#1385) at over 3500fps. Just as a side note, if you shoot a squatting Rabbit dead center with this load, inside 100 yards. The rapidly expanding bullet, physically rotates whats left of the rodent 180 degrees and lands him on his head! Sorry, I'm obviously easily amused!

Anyway, when this rifle starts to shoot 1" groups all of a sudden, I may change my cleaning method but untill then, it will be barrel cleaning as usual.

Sorry, I neglected to mention this before.
When your are pushing and pulling a bronze brush through a barrel, it is critical that all of the brush completely exits the barrel, before you reverse it and pull or push it back into the barrel. If you reverse the brush while it is still in the bore, it can damage the bore at this location!

HooRoo
From
Hommer