Myself, I have always followed a certain cleaning ritual that my dad and greatgrandpa drilled into me, "If it left the house, it's to be broken down and cleaned immediately". That goes for ALL my weapons. Even my knives. It's partly why I did that cold/clean barrel test. It's been a rare thing over the years that I have ever had to take a followup shot with a ML'er but it HAS happened. 1rst shot performance is what is key in ML'ing. Game doesn't have the tendency to "stick around" while you load up a second. If I had your rifle, I would set it up for where that first shot is hitting with whatever you decide on to shoot. Shooting groups is all well and fine for the range to see what your rifles overall potential is but it's that 1rst shot that counts on game.