Darkwoodecho
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I'm considering trying some copper through my .243 and 30.06, I've seen people recommend cleaning first before going over to copper, why?
Why clean before copper?
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shotguntom
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No need.
Personally I think if you are looking at assessing accuracy its best with a clean barrel and I would apply this to either copper or lead. I know there will be someone with a much more detailed explanation but I will always clean before I change ammo. Horses for courses I suppose 
Leec6.5
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The difference between 1” and clover leaf if your that bothered over it
Leec6.5
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Personally I think if you are looking at assessing accuracy its best with a clean barrel and I would apply this to either copper or lead. I know there will be someone with a much more detailed explanation but I will always clean before I change ammo. Horses for courses I suppose
Your only quoting what I told you
Reloader708
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Each to there own, ive experimented swapping between lead and copper and i cant see a measurable difference.
Maybe to exclude another variable, imagined or otherwise?
Very true Lee but if its good enough for you then that will do meYour only quoting what I told you
pointless
most non lead bullets are constructed of the same material used in the jackets of a lead (jacketed bullet), so what exactly are you cleaning it for?
I regularly test and develop non lead ammo in (used) rifles and have never felt or needed to clean the barrel of any residue before doing so
most non lead bullets are constructed of the same material used in the jackets of a lead (jacketed bullet), so what exactly are you cleaning it for?
I regularly test and develop non lead ammo in (used) rifles and have never felt or needed to clean the barrel of any residue before doing so
Leec6.5
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The groupings I just posted were fox loaded bullets on a clean and dirty barrel.
I would say that’s a big difference worth noting
I suppose it all comes down to the finer particulars of if you can be bothered and what size groupings you’ll be happy with.
Personally I prefer the option of best I can get and I have never failed to do that with copper on a clean barrel.
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Its entirely possible but I would argue three rounds off sticks is not a big enough data set to prove a single correlation or fouled vs. non fouled.
Genuinely never come across anyone who has needed to or demonstrated that it is significant
Genuinely never come across anyone who has needed to or demonstrated that it is significant
Leec6.5
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I’ve always cleaned the barrel between lead and copper served me well for all the years I’ve used it.
This is something people often get the wrong way around, to get best accuracy out of cast lead bullets it’s necessary to scrub the bore clean of copper.
For jacketed lead bullets it makes no difference, the bullets are jacketed with copper and that is all that touches your rifling, so you’re already shooting copper.
People get it mixed up and then spread the rumour.
But that could just mean that barrel shoots better when clean!!
Leec6.5
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Been like that
in every rifle if shot copper in, 6.5x55 to 3006
Off topic but have there been any 'experiments' with moly impregnated all-copper bullets?
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No reason they shouldn’t have the same benefits as with copper jacketed bullets.
Because it works according to them. Allegedly wouldn’t shoot until they cleaned it.
Lots of ‘shoulds’ in the above posts. Others views differ.
Personally don’t give a stuff. Giving it a clean is hardly a biggie
No doubt folks will have a a gun that gets on ok with such on situations and some don't care. I have a .223 that hates copper if there has been a meaningful amount of copper in the bore .
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