Impact shifts post cleaning?

[TradLife406]

I cleaned the carbon out of my 22 elkmoor barrel after the last range session. She was a dirty girl.

Ran out to shoot after work and was hitting a foot left.

To be ffffffaaaaaiiiiirrrrr my scope is an Arken so it probably lost zero. But I haven't had an issue with it or the other one yet.

Anyone noticed a huge jump before and after cleaning?

 

[wapitibob]

I used to see a small jump then started using lock-ese as a final step, fixed it for me.

 

[BLJ]

Had the accuracy gotten worse prior to the cleaning

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

A huge jump? No.

I’d suspect something else is at play.

 

[77TMK]

A foot left is a seriously damaged crown or wildly shifted scope.

 

[JGRaider]

Not only have I never had an Arken scope shift zero while cleaning a rilfe, I've never had any scope do that, ever. I've also had my Arken's in gun boots and such over hundreds of miles on my UTV/ATV and never had one lose zero that way either.

 

[Matt5266]

When I USED to clean my barrels I'd always see a shift and a widened spread. We're talking maybe 1-2 mils off and say 1inch group turned to 1.5


But a foot?! Naw somethings wrong here.

 

[Caseknife]

Did you take the action out of the stock and not get it settled in properly after?

 

[IAm_Not_Lost]

No cleaning will cause a foot shift at any typical zero distance (say…out to 200 yards).

I also doubt your scope just randomly lost zero without there being any drop or other damage to it.

I feel there is something else at play, or you need to re-evaluate.

 

[LongWayAround]

I ran a brush through my barrel a few times before my last zero check. I had also hit it with the screw on swab, but no patches.

I figured there was probably some residual lube from the swab. So I shot three foulers before my regular ammo.

Shooting at a 4" target, my first shot missed the paper entirely and the next two were close enough. The following three with my regular ammo were right on.

 

[Poser]

When I USED to clean my barrels I'd always see a shift and a widened spread. We're talking maybe 1-2 mils off and say 1inch group turned to 1.5

Same. Stopped cleaning barrels, stopped having this issue.

Agree, though, a foot is a much bigger problem.

 

[5MilesBack]

I only clean my barrels when I see a significant dropoff in accuracy. Then after I thoroughly clean them, the groups open up until well-fouled again. But I'm not sure I've ever had a zero change from cleaning.

 

[BCDJR]

As others mentioned it might take 6 or more rounds to “foul “ barrel again. I wouldn’t go chasing shots with adjustments till after that

 

[Bucknduck]

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[JGRaider]

I ran a brush through my barrel a few times before my last zero check. I had also hit it with the screw on swab, but no patches.

I figured there was probably some residual lube from the swab. So I shot three foulers before my regular ammo.

Shooting at a 4" target, my first shot missed the paper entirely and the next two were close enough. The following three with my regular ammo were right on.

I'd be getting another rifle.

 

[bullmtn]

I'd be getting another rifle.

That's always the correct answer