How often do you clean your rifle bore (poll)?

[N7XW]

I don't touch it till accuracy drops.  That's about 500rnds in my main rig.  A bore snake or anything else abrasive will never touch my barrel.  Patches only.

I was of the same school of thought - no brushing at all.  Then I brushed the bore after removing every tiny spot of powder fouling with just wet patches (perfectly white).  Then wet patched again after brushing.  Those patches started coming out black again.  Proved to me that you can't get all the fouling out with just patches.

[762Armo]

I usually clean after hunting season, and store it until next hunting season. I check zero before hunting season and that's it.
I'll clean and oil if the rifle gets wet or dirty during hunting season.

[CaNINE]

After the break-in period I don't clean unless accuracy drops off.  All of my rifles reach equilibrium somewhere after 20 - 40 rounds and maintain consistency for several hundred rounds before powder and/or copper fouling starts to effect bore dynamics.  One side effect of maintaining a dirty barrel I've discovered is that after a few weeks without firing a small amount of surface corrosion forms in the bore which will cause my cold bore shot to impact low.  The solution is to fire one fouling shot, this clears the bore and restores zero, velocity and ES.

[Jonathan_S]

I don't touch it till accuracy drops.  That's about 500rnds in my main rig.  A bore snake or anything else abrasive will never touch my barrel.  Patches only.

I was of the same school of thought - no brushing at all.  Then I brushed the bore after removing every tiny spot of powder fouling with just wet patches (perfectly white).  Then wet patched again after brushing.  Those patches started coming out black again.  Proved to me that you can't get all the fouling out with just patches.

Solvents do the work, the patches are just the vehicle. On a real smooth and clean cut bore like what Karl is shooting, I think it works real well

I don’t really care about cleanliness as much as I do about accuracy and no rust. My 6.5-06AI fouls insanely with Retumbo but I only clean the copper out. Only twice in about 300 rounds.

[h20hunter]

My last two quality guns I've broken in the pipe slowly and have not used a brush. Patches and Swab-its for me.

[jagermiester]

Of course I would clean out an obstruction but I was taught to never mess with it unless there is a need so I've never cleaned a rifle barrel. I used to shoot with a buddy who's first shot was always a "flyer".  Then the gun would shoot normal again. Then he would clean his gun and hopefully make it back to the range. Then we would go hunting and he would want to take a couple shots before going out because he was worried about his "flyer". I begged him to stop the nonsense, he wouldn't. I don't hunt with him any more, JK I'd still hunt with him if he lived close to me.

[jackmaster]

Idk about you guys and if any of you were in the military, but the ONLY time my M203 let me down is when it was cleaned, as long as we weren't firing tons of blanks I did my best to not ever do a thorough cleaning , I do the same with my huntn rifle, I shoot a single shot falling block ruger 30-06 and she has NEVER failed me !!

[hogslayer]

I clean about every hundred unless it gets rain in it from hunting.  I also check the lands then as well for throat erosion.  I use boretech and a couple wet patches followed by a nylon brush.  After having a rifle with a tight neck chamber and developing a carbon ring, I am more paranoid about that.  I pay more attention to the neck area not having any build up.  Travis at Rbros mentioned he would never ever use a bore snake.  A good fitting bore guide is a must.

[Bofire]

Depends, if I am just shooting paper, I clean after every rifle outing, if sighting in for deer or elk or what ever, I sight in and do not clean until season is over or I kill. I shoot pistols about 500 rounds before cleaning. shotguns I purty much run non stop and clean once in a while. I did own one gun in my life that would not shoot well until it had 10-15 rounds thru it. I clean non shooter collectors once a year.
Carl

[Bob33]

Patches and solvent only (no brushes) for me, and I never hunt with a clean bore.

[grundy53]

When the accuracy starts to go

Same here

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[Bill W]

depends on the gun.  If it's a hunting gun it gets cleaned after every trip to the range.  If it's a benchrest gun it gets cleaned at the bench between groups.

[Crunchy]

usually after every range shoot.  I make sure to shoot a fouler or 2 before the season though.

[Magnum_Willys]

Travis at Rbros mentioned he would never ever use a bore snake. 

 

I use a bore snake on my beater rifles but sure wouldn't drag a metal bristled dirty rope through my good rifles. 

[h20hunter]

Travis at Rbros mentioned he would never ever use a bore snake. 

 

I use a bore snake on my beater rifles but sure wouldn't drag a metal bristled dirty rope through my good rifles.

Meh....what does he know.