Originally Posted by
BarnesAddict
Yes I know that. Others may not.
But a clean rifle can throw the first bullet in any direction, including left/right, with zero wind. If vertical was the only issue with a clean vs fouled barrel, life would be easy for many of us.
Originally Posted by
sabotloader
Personally I do not have that much difference in clean bore fouled bore in the rifles I shoot... but, then to make things even more confusing I never shoot a clean barrel while hunting. I shoot what I refer to as a "semi clean" barrel. That is only one thing that I do contrary to normal opinion.
I understand. Some shooters just don't have such good luck with a clean vs fouled/semi-fouled barrel. Of all the different rifles I've owned, if my first shot was say between 25 and 100yds, I wouldn't have worried about 1st vs 2nd shots. I'm sure you've seen my Pro Hunter target, shot specifically to show clean vs fouled. That would have been fine for me for 100yd or less shots, because I knew exactly what it did. However for a 200+ shot, I had to foul the barrel. Yes, I'll admit, I have high expectations...
Note: Many times I've harvested multiple animals at a single setting and at range. It was never a "finishing shot" I was worried about.