pluckit

Think Semi just clarified the procedure, but i would tell you for my part - I would not strip the barrel in the first place with alcohol. I have said for years that I hunt with a semi (sorry Semi - no pun intended) fouled barrel. Every ML I have shoots more consistenly in the same POI with a fouled barrel.

Again what I do is not necessarily what you should do, but I do take the gun out on the back porch and shoot 3 primers - dry patch it to remove the bulk of the primer fouling and any excess bore oil. Then I load the gun, and go hunting. If I shoot the gun during the season then I will use a barely moist windex patch to get the majority of the fouling out - then a very very lightly oil the bore with Montana X-treme - run a a couple of dry patches. Listen for the air being expelled out of the breech plug to be clear, then reload reload.

I just can not imagine hunting in Idaho without some bore protection + I am one of those nuts that may have a load in the gun for weeks at a time, even after it has been shot.

Also I should say that I am shooting T7 - were it BP or any of the other normal subs not sure I would/could do it this way...

Just out of curiosity is you barrel a stainless or blued barrel and I should include maybe even a Nickle finished barrel also????