,,,, an article by I believe Mike Venturino suggested more or less that only the first two shots from a cold, clean hunting rifle barrel were meaningful.
Dwayne
I NEVER, repeat NEVER take a rifle hunting with a 'CLEAN' barrel. By that I mean it has to be shot at least TWICE to powder foul the bll. for the POI (zero) to be correct.
I can give MANY examples of myself or friends checking for zero AFTER cleaning the barrel and the first and sometimes second shot being OFF. Sometimes it's a matter of 1" or so, sometimes noticeably more. It's also NOT consistently hi, low, right, or left.
You have to shoot it ON a clean bore to find out where it is. Then slowly shoot 2-3 more and see IF you're back to zero +.
Now, I totally agree that the MOST important thing is the FIRST and second shot being "on" with a cold barrel.
