I agree Muley. I've spent alot of money and time on my guns not to clean them.

As I said, I clean the guns the day they are shot until this weekend. Some combination of circumstances and laziness stopped me this time. Had I know that BP was that corrosive I would have found a way to get the job done before now.

Even a rigorous swabbing will slow the clock down on the barrel rusting. Like Sabotloader does shooting Triple Seven.. he swabs out the barrel I am sure at the end of the day, even if the rifle is loaded you can do that.

Pyrodex RS is some nasty stuff. And depending on what part of the world you live it can get down right aggressive in rusting a rifle. I clean after each day of hunting. I do understand that things can come up, and I am sure you will get the job done.

Exactly... I should have mentiond that I do run a dry patch even though the gun is loaded... how that dry patch comes out tells me everything I need to know..

I did not mention that I ran a patch with cleaner followed by two dry patches after firing my rifle at the range. The 2nd dry patch came out slightly dirty so I got most of the residue out but not all.

In the case that there are rust spots, what can be done about it? Will it affect accuracy to have a few spots?

I know guys when on the range shooting will run a patch with bore cleaner down the barrel after each shot. I just talked to a gun tech at brownells where I got my JB bore compound cleaner and bore bright from and he said to always go hunting on a dirty bore because if you clean it you can really affect your accuracy. Is this true? I am shooting BlackHorn 209 by the way. Thanks everyone.

If your cleaning it real soon, there probably might not be rust spots although it is possible. In a test I did with barrel steel, Pyrodex started to rust in two days to where it could be noticed. In that care get a nylon brush and solvent and really scrub the bore. If you fear the spots might be deeper, some stronger cleaner like JB Bore Paste will work. I've even used Soft Scrub in barrels of inline rifles and it did a good job. But be sure anything you use to aggressively clean the barrel is removed and then a good coat of oil applied. As some of them remove all barrel protection from the steel.

There are the two schools of hunting. Some hunt from a squeaky clean bore. They set their sights or scope to hit from that clean bore, and then they know where the follow up shot will go on a fouled bore. Nothing wrong with that. Some rifles, even on a clean bore will only be off as little as say an inch or less at 100 yards, so why not hunt on a clean bore.

Some others do hunt on a fouled bore. I like a fouled bore. It makes any follow up shot the same as the first. And I am going to clean the rifle at the end of the day. The hard part in some cases is.. where do you foul the bore? You start shooting squib loads at a public hunting group at 4:40am and you are going to get some really upset people. Or in the back yard of some city might get you put some where to ruin your hunting that day. So fouled bores are often times not the answer. I live in the country. I can shoot anytime I wish. If the first and second shot is close in the rifle I selected for the day, I might not hunt on a fouled bore. But if it is dramatic, I might load clean and then when an opportunity comes up.. shoot a round off and then reload. Again, not recommended, but at least people don't know what your doing.

I fall in this camp. My Knight Revolution hits a little high and right on a clean, cold bore. I run a wet and dry patch after each shot and the follow up shots group low and left. They are close enough for hunting purposes so I don't expect to aim any different for a follow up shot than I do on the first shot. I did site it in for the first shot on a cold, clean barrel.

I have not noticed any real difference on the TC Encore Pro Hunter between cold, clean barrel and a warm, dirty barrel.

I always hunt on a clean bore. I know where a clean bore will shoot. And hopfully that is the only shot I will need. Any other shots that I must take to 'finish the job' will likely be at a pretty close range and the difference in POI will be insignificant.