RE: First shot fouled barrel
cva told me to never fire just a primer in my gun. a 209 that is, i used to fire a few in mine when i shot #11 primers.
someone mentioned a crud ring, i shoot winchester primers and ,i never get a crud ring in this gun. it will get tight at the muzzle before it does at the breech, which is where most crud rings form. the new winchester 777 primers are supposed to all but eleminate crud rings.
remingtons and omega's are usually alittle worst at forming bad crud rings ,for some reason.
if i shoot my gun clean,i'll be off 4-5in at 100yds . on a fouled barrel i can get 5-6 shots without it moving. i just cleaned my gun today ,it has been loaded on a fouled barrel for over 2 weeks. i sat down at the bench and cut the top out off a one circle at 100yds. i can tell you ,i ain't changin nothin........