I run a dry bore snake through when I finnish shooting while the barrel is still warm. When the season is over a good cleaning and light oil for storage until next season.

Pinshooter is my handle on all shooting forums. When I joined the forums I was shooting in a lot of freindly bowling pin shoots.

IHMSA Wisconsin 2013 Match Schedule May 5 - Daniel Boone Conservation League - - 22, FP, BB 11 - Marathon Trap & Sportsman’s Club - - 22 & 1/5 Scale, FP, BB, ½ Scale June 1 - Holmen Rod & Gun Club-Big River Runt Shoot - - 22, 1/5 Scale, FP, PH 15 - Wisconsin IHMSA Reunion Shoot. Past sho...

Sorry I can't answer about the Helm, my dies are RCBS. Maybe a coincidence but my XP was built back in the 80's by a smith named Helmut S. The 7x47 is almost identical ballistically to the 7 TCU, maybe just a grain or 2 differece in powder capacity. The difference between the two are the TCU was blo...

Chris Bung
Silhouette league director for MTSC in central WI.