I've always shot from a clean barrel. With my MK85, I'd pull the plunger and breech, and then push everything out from back to front - kind of a pain but I was happy with the results. Now I'm shooting BH209 in my BC but is everyone using a fouling shot first? AND - for those that do, do you leave the barrel fouled during the hunting season? Whether it's just soot or not I'd hate to have that in the barrel for a couple of weeks.
I read an interesting post on another forum where someone using 100 gr of BH209 under a 250 grain bullet, found the velocity was always higher on the first shot from a clean barrel compared to the rest of the string from successive shooting. Just wondering if anyone else had the same experience. His listed velocities for this as follows:
1905 fps
1829 fps
1827 fps
1826 fps
Back in the old days, it always seemed like velocities increased due to the fouling from the the powders used back then. Thanks.
I read an interesting post on another forum where someone using 100 gr of BH209 under a 250 grain bullet, found the velocity was always higher on the first shot from a clean barrel compared to the rest of the string from successive shooting. Just wondering if anyone else had the same experience. His listed velocities for this as follows:
1905 fps
1829 fps
1827 fps
1826 fps
Back in the old days, it always seemed like velocities increased due to the fouling from the the powders used back then. Thanks.