Went to the range today to continue my quest to fine tune my load for this season. I've been using BH 209 and either Speer GDHPs or Hornady XTPs with a variety of Harvester sabots. My primers have to date been CCI 209Ms. With this combo cleaning the barrel of my Omega X7 has been a snap. Cleaning the breach plug is another matter, taking up easily half my time after the range.

I picked up some Rem STS primers since I heard that they are not as fouling as the CCIs. Using them exclusively this time, they performed flawlessly (it's still damn hot out though) and I did not notice anything different in my groupings - still sub-par at 100 yds.

Anyhow, back at home the cleanup was no different. Curious if anyone has found a reliable primer that is not so dirty. I shouldn't whine since I've gotten no blowback at all and every pull of the trigger is an instantaneous shot.

As an aside, I have started practicing shooting standing up without a rest. Now THAT'S a way to get you humble.