I'll take it!

[Rick Mulhern]

I use two patches (always) damp with NAPA oil/water and either one or two dry patches if necessary and always look through the bore to see if the bore is too my expectations. The first damp patch goes all the way through and out. The second goes to the muzzle and I pull all the way back and then back through and out. The first dry patch...same way; all the way to the muzzle and pulled back and then all the way to muzzle again and out. On occasion after bore observation I might notice a piece of lint in the bore and then.....another dry patch goes through. I don't want any crap in the bore for the next shot.

Oh...this group would have been better but I called the shot in the X ring slightly low toward 4 o/clock and sure enough...that's where that one went! I was using my 200 yard zero when it was set at 40 degrees and with a temp of 72 degrees the group was slightly high! I'll make a correction now that we're into warmer temps!