Savage
Got into the break in on the FP10-LE2A today. Firing 168 grain Federal .308 Match ammo, from a fixed bench at the 100 yard rifle range I fired 7 rounds and cleaned the barrel after each round; firing one round and then cleaning the bore. The cleaning process was done as follows. Began by removing the bolt and installing a bore guide. With a plastic jag in place on the end of the coated one piece Dewey cleaning rod I saturated a patch with Butch's Bore Shine, pushing through the bore slow and steady allowing the patch to fall out of the end of the barrel. I then gently retracted the rod, removed the plastic jag and applied a bronze brush dipped in the Butch's Bore shine making 10 in and out cycles. Then went back to the plastic jag with clean patches until dry. Then I removed the plastic jag and went with a snug fitting bore mop for the final touch before the copper solvent. Then saturated a patch with Shooters Choice copper solvent pushing slow and steady until falling out of the end of the barrel. I came behind with fresh patches to wipe the solvent and the copper fouling away. When clean and dry I followed again with a fresh bore mop. I then went back to the Butch's Bore Shine making one pass with a saturated patch then drying out with clean patches, and finishing with one cycle of the bore mop, taking care to use the same bore mop as used earlier behind Butch's. The barrel was then ready for another fired round. Note that I used two bore mops. One mop for the finish behind the Butch's and one for the finish behind the copper solvent, keeping the two seperate so as not to cross contaminate. After the 5th round I noticed a big decrease in the fouling. I fired two more fire and clean rounds for a total of 7 fire and clean shots. Then I fired a three shot group. Cleaned, and noticed that the fouling was about the same as after shooting one round. I fired another group of three, and cleaned. The fouling was very minimal so I next fired a five shot group. Adjusting the scope after the 3rd round then firing two more rounds. Then, I cleaned. Fired two rounds. Let the barrel cool for about ten minutes,, mean while I decided to make some adjustments to the Choate stock. I changed out the cheek piece and lengthened the stock, going with the higher cheek piece and placing another spacer before the recoil pad. Then I settled in for a serious three shot group. So, I guess,,,,after all of this y'all are wondering how this thing performed. Well I fired a round, loaded another round,,,squeezed off another and,,, well,, kind of hard to see where that one went. Looking harder at the target, focusing my eyes I see that the second bullet has gone,,,, through the target,,,,,nearly going through the same hole a bit to the right of the first round !! Yeah, no kidding. Ok so I fire a third round and it touches the top of the first two holes in the target. Yeah its a shooter.....!!!!!!!!!!!!
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