After you scrub the barrel real good with a J.B. Bore Paste, get a bore brush and scrub it again with the bore scrubber. After your done, coat it with a quality oil such as Rem Oil or Birchwood Casey Sheath. Scrubbing the bore with bore paste will open up the metal pores in the barrel and you need a good oil to reseal all of that.

Then before you shoot it next time run a patch with some denatured or isopropyl alcohol on it and remove the oil from the bore. I think you will find it will load excellent then.

DeerMagnut .. nice to hear the rifle is coming around and shooting good for you... I like the T/C sabots much better then the powerbelts for cost and performance....

good luck