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Old 04-06-2020, 04:55 PM
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Default Clean Bore ..... where's the first shot go?

This has the potential to be the silliest post of all time, and forgive me, as I'm not joe sniper, but I noticed something that precipitates a serious question....

After cleaning your rifle, does the first shot follow a consistent pattern (POI) on most rifles?

The reason I ask, and maybe it's fluke, one of my guns throws the first clean cold bore shot almost always at 1 to 3 o'clock about 1" off @ 100m.

Logic would tell me this is an anomaly or fluke.

Seems to happen almost every-time (like 75% or higher) since I started watching it - in like 10-12 cleanings I'd say.

It settles in after that and I'm finding after 2-3 more shots it seems to do very well for consistency from there on .....

is this normal or just a fluke .... I have been shooting and hunting for 35 years, and shoot a fair amount - but this is the first time (first gun) I've noticed it on.
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Don’t think there’s a rule from which to predict results as IME it seems depend on the barrel. I’ve had barrels where the cold/clean round falls a bit outside of the group that follows ... and others that keep piling them into the same group. I think there are other factors that need attention to determine if they are also contributing factors. From oil in the bore to the way the rifle sits in the bags after that first shot.
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Old 04-06-2020, 07:17 PM
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Some rifles it don’t matter.
Some rifles it’s a bit off.
Other rifles might take a round or three to get things back and humming.

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Old 04-07-2020, 07:19 AM
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My 270 is like this consistently. Min 1-2" off at 100yrds for the first two shots after cleaning and then its good to go.
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My 270 is like this consistently. Min 1-2" off at 100yrds for the first two shots after cleaning and then its good to go.
Myself, I almost never scrub a bore absolutely clean. A soppy patch or to of butch's and a nylon brush, followed by some Hoppe's and a dry patch. It's clean and oiled and stayed in the ballpark. As a result my first shots rarely differ from the next 20.

The exception being .17 and some .22 cal barrels. I like to get them spotless.

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from recollection always a little high, left or right, often won't even put the first one on paper, the ditch works
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