Quote from: janfred on Jan 29, 2025, 06:26 PMLooking at the impacts that I could see,  the shots were all quite high. Basically just plain lung shots.

Correct, and if the animal doesn't know where the threat is, it doesn't just flee.

Please correct me if necessary: the first shot was into the shoulder, and probably didn't hit the vitals.

Looking at the impacts that I could see,  the shots were all quite high. Basically just plain lung shots.

Moose react as though they have peanut size brains. All large mammals have a lot of oxygen in their blood and therefore take a longer time to die from a lung shot.

I do not like posting links, but no other way. This may explain some lost animals, 4 shots, all kills and yet it does not fall, or even run off.
https://fb.watch/xpXeCooKnv/

she must go down deeeeeep into the recesses of the lost persons worlds of incarceration.

Yes, I agree, I have 2 brush's on hand all the time. I use the older ones first and end last proper clean strokes with a new to almost new brush. The new brush affect is preserved a bit longer this way.
The RAM brush's are really throw away crappy. Parker Hale is just so much more expensive - I mean better.

I agree with this. I have never jad problems with carbon rings or "hard carbon" since I stated rifle shooting.

It is actually a phosphor bronze brush making it harder than gilding metal and brass, but still softer than barrel steel.

Unfortunately I still have to use chemical removal for copper fouling in my rifles. The bronze brush, being softer than steel, wears away long before it has removed all copper fouling on even a light fouled barrel. For this reason you have to treat these brushes as consumables. I get around 4 to 5 cleaning cycles per brush before it has worn so much that it no loger cleans in the corners of the lands.

Last night I was cleaning my .270 bore and the thought occurred to me AGAIN !, "What is this stiff brass brush NOT cleaning out?"

As close to nothing as you can get was my conclusion, the brass brush scrapes and scours the barrel clean down to a possible micro level. A good new brass brush will clean everything that matters out the barrel, there may be stains, molecular level deposits that only chemicals will remove, but as far as affecting your shooting level clean, a good few more than normal strokes with a brass brush will do it.
I am almost at a point now where I will not be using chemicals at all, abrade it all out.

Now that's a proper deal, corn cob is everywhere, but nut shell has become very hard to find and high in price. I had to go to a jeweller supply to get Walnut media.