Problems sighting in Rifle...PLEASE HELP ASAP

[Mel Carter]

Not to hijack your thread, but in my Winchester model 70 I have never cleaned for copper and I have had this gun over 20 years. Never an accuracy issue, been shooting partitions the entire time, but now i'm shooting the TSX. So, now you guys got me thinking I need to do a good cleaning. I just got a Tikka that I'm shooting the accubonds out of, I have shot 3 boxes through it. Sounds like everyone has been doing this cleaning, guess I should start.

 

[ltdann]

Yeah Mel, its one of the drawbacks of the lead free stuff, it leaves a copper residue. There a a number of brands out there for copper buildup. See Above. I've been using Sweets 7.62 on my Tikka with good results, but which ever you choice, be sure do read the directions in regards to how much time to leave the stuff in the barrel. Some of it can damage the metal.

 

[J.O.]

Not to hijack your thread, but in my Winchester model 70 I have never cleaned for copper and I have had this gun over 20 years. Never an accuracy issue, been shooting partitions the entire time, but now i'm shooting the TSX. So, now you guys got me thinking I need to do a good cleaning. I just got a Tikka that I'm shooting the accubonds out of, I have shot 3 boxes through it. Sounds like everyone has been doing this cleaning, guess I should start.

Not hi jacking at all. The more the better. The whole thing was new to me as well. I originally had no clue about this different cleaning method. It cleared up my problem. My hunting buddy was starting to have accuracy problems with his rem 700 sps in 7mm rem mag shooing hornady 162grn SST as well. After we figured out the issue with mine, we did the cleaning on his. Same exact methods I did on mine and his problem was fixed too. He's now shooting 1/2" groups, where he was shooting 1 1/2"-2". I'm just really grateful everyone chimed in and helped me and him out. I was stumped at what the problem could be.

 

[J.O.]

I left the sweets in the barrel on my buddies gun and mine for 5min each time I did it.

 

[myfriendis410]

It's nice to get definitive results immediately. I love it.