Turkey,

Although I have shot hundreds of sabot rounds through my Savage 210 I have never had an issue with plastic fouling. I clean the gun after every use with a good solvent. I will occasionally give it an hour or so to sit with Hoppes Benchrest Copper Solvent in the barrel.

This is an issue that is not brought up here often. I will be interested to hear what others have to say.

My guess would be that it mostly a problem in cheaper barrels or barrels that have not been shot alot.

It could be argued that I have plastic build up in my barrel and I am just not aware of it. However, I maintain my guns quite well and have never noticed any change in accuracy, or any other signs that would indicate plastic fouling.

I would say that plastic fouling ranks relatively low on the scale of concerns that affect a slug gunner and his/her accuracy.








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