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Joined: Feb 2004
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I haven't hunted with a slug gun that often. I may be going to a state that is a shotgun only area. How often must you clean the barrel of a slug gun? Typically, I don't like cleaning a rifle barrel (in season) unless it gets wet. A deer's nose is his lifeline and that solvent can be smelled for a long time.
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My fully rifled Hastings barrel stays pretty clean but now and then I use Ballistol and a bronze brush to clean the plastic sabot material out of it. Ballistol is not very smelly.
Remember: It aint what you shoot...it's how you shoot it.
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Thank You. Every 20 - 25 shots swab it out?
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If the deer can smell the solvent, he can smell you also
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Once when it's new then never again
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Thank You. Every 20 - 25 shots swab it out? Well, my gun is an 870 with a 20" barrel and it is pretty light for a 12 ga slug gun so it has some brisk recoil with my handloaded slugs but I usually "enjoy" about 10-15 rounds and clean it when I finish. My barrel does not change point of impact whether clean or fouled. That is something I would check when you clean the barrel. If you are concerned about the smell of the solvent, you can run a patch of rubbing alcohol through it when finished. It has an odor but usually vanishes after it evaporates .
Remember: It aint what you shoot...it's how you shoot it.
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Freak of Nature
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If the deer can smell the solvent, he can smell you also Exactly.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
Molon Labe
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