Lesson For Newcomers @8 Revised
At first as you fire your rifle a coat of soft residue will coat the internal surface of the barrel. Each following shot will add another coat and bake on the preceding coat creating a progressively smaller bore. After the third of fourth shot it will become increasingly difficult to load without the use of a mallet.. The usual practice is to do athourough cleaning to restore the barrel to its original size and then repeating the process until you load only with difficulty.
One answer to this is to wipe the bore with a dampened wiping patch to remove that soft layer of residue and prevent the baked on build up.
As you gain experience you may discover how some riflemen avoid this buildup and fire repeatedly without the wipe.
Dutch Schoultz
There Gumpa, does that answer your probably justifiable complaint?
At first as you fire your rifle a coat of soft residue will coat the internal surface of the barrel. Each following shot will add another coat and bake on the preceding coat creating a progressively smaller bore. After the third of fourth shot it will become increasingly difficult to load without the use of a mallet.. The usual practice is to do athourough cleaning to restore the barrel to its original size and then repeating the process until you load only with difficulty.
One answer to this is to wipe the bore with a dampened wiping patch to remove that soft layer of residue and prevent the baked on build up.
As you gain experience you may discover how some riflemen avoid this buildup and fire repeatedly without the wipe.
Dutch Schoultz
There Gumpa, does that answer your probably justifiable complaint?