Sir, I was shooting F TR in major match with old barrel. Probably 4K rounds through it. They had a guy with bore scope doing free evaluations. He looked down my bore and said it was wore out. I had just shot 197 8 x at 1000 yards with it which is all I was capable of with the 155’s we shot st the time I continued to shoot that barrel with great scores another 1000 plus rounds before changing to faster twist.Yep… if it’s shooting…. Don’t look down the bore! You will get a head case going on! That’s funny!
Guys I rarely look down the barrel. I look at the chamber work and crown work when that gets done. All looks good… it gets screwed on the gun. The only time I’ll look down it is if I start seeing a problem on the target or something else is making me question it. Usually though if the barrel has a lot of rounds on it and you start having issues. It’s probably time to pull it anyways.
Since then I only judge by how they shoot
I clean with patches wrapped on and undersize bore brush and Hoppes 9. Then dry patches. Usually takes 3-5 wet patches. Then three dry patches. Then spry brush with oil so Hoppes does not eat it
Fast, works and barrels shoot a long time. What do you think of this process?