I cleaned a couple of rifles a few days ago with over 300 rounds down the barrel each since last cleaning. I cleaned carbon out. That was it. Both barrels had zero copper in them. Both rifles were still shooting as well as ever. So why did I clean them? So I don’t feel like I have to clean them for a while. :-)
Another rifle had copper in the bore and about 75 rounds through it since last scrubbing. It was a cartridge that burns a lot more powder than the previous two. However, it was still shooting as well as ever out to 600 yards. But I cleaned it. I even gave it a few strokes of JB’s. The bore is dime bright again, and lightly oiled. Mainly I did this for piece of mind around corrosion resistance. Probably a non issue as it hasn’t been cleaned since September (although it has seen a couple of oiled patches down the bore) and was all I hunted with all fall. So sitting in a heated safe likely would not cause rust.
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“I love it when clients bring Berger bullets. It means I get to kill the bear.”
-Billy Molls
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