6 Dasher No-Barrel-Cleaning Test

[Carl Ross]

i commend you for taking the time to put all of this together. it was a great read and one of the most enjoyable threads ive read in a long time. but with that being said... theres no way you can retire the barrel without cleaning it and running a few groups through it for shits and giigles. hell do it for science if it makes you feel better.

ive always felt like my barrels shot better with copper and fowl down them. i always tried to stay away from cleaning them until it told me to do so. and ive always been condemned for it. really enjoyed the read. thanks.

Current plan is to retire it from match use, but keep it going as a training barrel. When it's actually done will I clean it just to see? Maybe, it'll just depend on specifics. Glad you liked it.

 

[pathnz]

Very interesting result. Have you had a look down it with a borescope?

Is it a standard 6 Dasher chamber?

 

[Carl Ross]

Very interesting result. Have you had a look down it with a borescope?

Is it a standard 6 Dasher chamber?

I haven’t scoped it.

It was cut with an Alpha Dasher reamer. Reasonably loose web and neck diameters, .120” freebore iirc.

 

[danhuntingmi]

I suppose this will show what I already suspect but I'll await the updates to see if I get disappointed.

It appears that I wasn't disappointed

 

[Judd]

Out of curiosity, what is your reason for leaving so much velocity on the table? Is it for barrel life? Just curious...you're running straight 6br speeds.

Thanks for sharing the data...fair amount of time spent keeping track at this level of detail.