Hunting, Cold bore, cold shooter, clean bore.

[Roaster's Gallery]

Snake-Eyes, do you remember that "cold-bore" shot you made at my place with that Ruger #1? Easy sale when the buyer hits the bulls-eye.

 

[ccc]

I have always bench sighted in before season, and have always hit deer where I aimed, cold bore or not.

 

[Bowhntr6pt]

I have always bench sighted in before season, and have always hit deer where I aimed, cold bore or not.

Same... each year I'll throw a couple down range to make sure I'm on and I've hit where I aimed.

At the end of the season, I'll run a patch down the barrel and that's it.

Same for my precision rigs, can't tell you the last time I did a real cleaning.

While I'm no longer an operational SWAT sniper, I believe my data book showed about 400ish rounds between cleanings. The Rem 700 LTR I was issued, which I still have and carry on duty, exhibited no distinct CB oddities. I've posted numerous 1/2 to 3/4 MOA groups on here before... for an out of the box factory rifle it's shoots extremely well.

 

[sloporsche]

I have always bench sighted in before season, and have always hit deer where I aimed, cold bore or not.

me too varmint season 243 win

 

[G-rat]

The snipers I know all clean their bores and then fire a fouling shot. I’ve never been much of a rifle guy, so I can’t say I’m an expert or anything. I just know what the guys I know personally do.

Shoot slightly durdy is indeed a thing... always put a round or 2 through before you put it away.

 

[Snake-Eyes]

Snake-Eyes, do you remember that "cold-bore" shot you made at my place with that Ruger #1? Easy sale when the buyer hits the bulls-eye.

 

[RaySendero]

I have always bench sighted in before season, and have always hit deer where I aimed, cold bore or not.

Me too.
But my experience has been that clean bore flyers are much worse than cold bore flyers.
And some get them confused calling clean bore flyers "cold bore flyers".
I won't hunt (or compete) with a clean bore in my rifles.
I do like you do. Sight-in and bore isn't cleaned thru the hunting season.

 

[Jester896]

using liquid lock ease can bring those so called flyers in a bit...once the liquid dries it leaves the graphite and simulate fouling.

if you shoot a shot...go home and clean the barrel...then go back the next day at the same time in similar conditions...and fire another round in that same hole...then do the same a few days running...that is called Cold Clean Bore...if it hit in a different spot every day you got clean bore flyers