Thanks, guys. Just for reference here is the rifle I am talking about.
I guess I am the black sheep. I do not foul the barrel. I clean thoroughly, using brake parts cleaner in the breech plug and a final shot of windex down the barrel to get a mirror finish. I then run dry patches, and a mop down the barrel, and qtips in the breech plug
It is mirror finished and dry when I load it. It definitely shoots different when clean vs dirty. And I have found that is shoots to a certain spot when 100% clean. Actually shoots about 3" higher clean than dirty. Being that BP and substitutes absorb so much moisture I prefer to have a clean gun and just hunt with it that way. If I shoot it I will break it down and clean it thoroughly when I get back to camp.
I have same gun BTW
in my cva wolf i clean between shots everytime at the range, it shoots just fine. i have an old tc renegade sidelockv that sometimes doesnt even fire if you dont fire a couple caps.
Also why use a dirt barrel because if you out in areas like me you may have to shoot more than once in the same sit. I had to shoot a hog at day break then a deer 20 minuets later. I have also shoot 3 hogs one afternoon. I can only wish for more days like those.
