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Old February 19, 2006, 09:22 AM   #21
loggerhead
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The original thread said "hunting rifles"

With a hunting rifle it depends a lot on the environment in which the hunt took place, wet or hot(sweat), you should clean it after each outing. In my opinion number of shots are not nearly as important as the environment.

I usually at least wipe mine down after each outing, regardless, and clean her up after the season. If an outing is exceptionally wet or hot I will clean it throughly to prevent rust.
Before the season I will wipe it down, inspect the barrel and shoot a couple of times to confirm zero and foul the barrel.
With the smoke pole, I use mostly pyrodex pellets and the new primers and usually only clean up after the season. I always will wipe it down, shoot a couple of loads before season to confirm zero and foul barrel.
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