Do you hunt clean or dirty?

[Mikido]

Rifle bore fully cleaned and oiled….cleaned/oiled then dry patch run through just before the hunt…..or shoot a few rounds at home at start of the season and ride dirty all the way through?

I used to over clean (I think), and now ride dirty all season.

Thoughts and experience with accuracy? Thanks

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Minimum 40-50 rounds through the barrel before hunting big game. Usually many more than that.

 

[positivepete!]

I clean my rifle after my season is over. I tinker with things all winter then in the spring and summer I shoot and tweak all the things I want until I am dialed in and happy with the way I am shooting. Then I dont mess with anything. So my vote goes for dirty.

 

[Priority 4]

I keep the barrels clean between seasons and after range time. (Once residue is out, I run an oil patch followed by dry patch)

Only cleaning during season is the muzzleloader.

 

[tcpip95]

All my firearms get cleaned after each use. That way they are ready for the next time I need them.

 

[Rob5589]

Dirty. I'll clean when accuracy falls off and/or when I feel some crud entered the bore.

 

[Super tag]

Dirty for sure

 

[Mike D Texas]

I don’t clean the bore until I see accuracy degrade.

I do wipe down all exposed parts after season.


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[Bubblehide]

Same as Rob5589, I only clean if accuracy falls off.

 

[Cameron.25]

Yep same here i hunt with my gun dirty

 

[Superprime]

Here's another vote for dirty...

 

[Pickettpuncher]

Dirty so they’re ready for the next time.

 

[MuleyFever]

Other than cleaning the oil out of a new gun I dont remember the last time I cleaned a bore.

 

[Dcrafton]

I keep all my guns clean from dust, dirt and whatever.
I only clean the bore when the gun tells me so, or if I have been hunting in wet weather.
Even my competition rifles, I clean when they tell me to


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[Carpenterant]

Riding dirty mostly

 

[Ucsdryder]

Dirty, but learned a valuable lesson this year. Almost a costly one! Dirty suppressors can cause issues with carbon flakes in the chamber that can keep cartridges from loading! Going forward the plan will be to strip the barrel, chamber and suppressor to barrel metal and go out for one practice session, then hunt all season without cleaning.

 

[Gbrecka]

Dirty then clean after the season

 

[BRTreedogs]

After barrel break in I only clean when accuracy degrades, or it is fouled with dirt, water, etc.

Most rifles do not clean bore with the rest of the group.

 

[Centralcoastca]

I always clean after I shoot and since I sight in clean I figure things should stay the same as that. It might be better dirty but that’s just how I’ve always done it and it works for me so I just keep doing it that way. If I don’t shoot but conditions are particularly dusty or wet I’ll run a couple patches through it. I have read that some copper bullets tend to foul barrels faster due to the longer bearing surface of the typically longer bullet but haven’t looked too far into it. There’s probably not a wrong way as long as it works.

 

[Mule3006Elk]

Dirty. Only clean if accuracy drops or dirty bore.