Thread: Typical cold/clean bore effect?

I clean everything out of my barrels after each outing. Both Carbon & Copper. Cleaning rods, jags, patches, brushes, and solvent. Whether I shoot 5 rounds or a hundred. Clean bore shot is usually about a cm to the left at 100m.

It should only take one round to foul the barrel from a stripped clean barrel. If it takes more than a couple shots to return to zero after cleaning then that speaks about the barrels quality.
I would suggest that people clean their barrels unless there is no possibility of a fouling shot prior to hunting. In which case id still be inclined to throw some oil down it - which may or may not mess with your first round POI.