ORIGINAL: Black Bellamy
I'm just wondering, why wouldn't one want to clean between each shot regardless of how dirty the powder is? I can understand if you're at the range just to feel the recoil and see the pretty smoke, but if you're shooting for accuracy or sighting in, wouldn't you want each shot to leave a barrel that's as clean as possible?
I rely on two shots before swabbing at the range to help recreate a live hunting experience that may require a very fast reload & 2nd shot during hunting season due to a wounded/still moving animal.
I've shot one with a muzzleloader that could only move at a human's normal walking pace& it was leaving very little blood on wet ground/leaves as I trailed it.Iacted fast out of premonition& thus was rewarded with a5-pointer whitetail that day -- about 45 yards from where I first shot it. Had I not gotten up & not been ready to fire right after my first shot, that deer would of traveled a long way in the normal 10 minutetime span I usually give to a deer charging off at full speed after being hit.