02-09-2015, 02:03 AM
Have the Outers Foul Out, only break it out when there us severe copper fouling. I have 3 rifles it gets used on, and on some barrels of guns I have traded for or bought used just to easily get back to square 1. Most copper fouled barrel I have ever owned is a 264 Win Mag. After about 10 hours of cleaning I went and bought the Foul Out and it took 3 cycles to clean all copper from it. After a few fouling shots it shot groups just under an inch at 100 with factory ammo. Like someone else wrote you can find directions online to build your own and yes they work.
The next worst fouling gun in the safe is a Remington 700 Classic in 17 Rem. Accuracy drops off bad after 30 rounds, or at least it did until switching to what I see is a favorite powder for the Grendel, CFE223. After switching am to over 80 rounds and it is still shooting great. I use this gun to see how my shooting is when working up loads for other guns. If I do not shoot sun 1/4 inch center to center group with it then I am off.
I think most rifles shoot best with some fouling but at some point accuracy will degrade.
Agree with the one that said breakin usually makes cleaning easier. But with the foam cleaners and the Outers Foul Out available cleaning copper out is no big deal to me.
The next worst fouling gun in the safe is a Remington 700 Classic in 17 Rem. Accuracy drops off bad after 30 rounds, or at least it did until switching to what I see is a favorite powder for the Grendel, CFE223. After switching am to over 80 rounds and it is still shooting great. I use this gun to see how my shooting is when working up loads for other guns. If I do not shoot sun 1/4 inch center to center group with it then I am off.
I think most rifles shoot best with some fouling but at some point accuracy will degrade.
Agree with the one that said breakin usually makes cleaning easier. But with the foam cleaners and the Outers Foul Out available cleaning copper out is no big deal to me.