Going bonkers over my 98

[Larryjk]

jon lynn, You are telling me the gun is fine with a clean barrel for the first group and then things go south. Try this. Clean the barrel and then swab it out with acetone or some other de-greaser. Let it set for some time to get dry. Then watch the muzzle and down about 1 inch. Do that by using a q-tip to reflect the light into the barrel. What you should watch for are the green streaks of copper fouling. If you find them, keep cleaning until the copper is all gone. Try some of the foam cleaners, they do a good job. Just make sure the barrel is free of any oil if you want the copper cleaners to do a good job. Once the barrel is free of copper, stick with the three shot groups and clean until the barrel stays almost clean. Some barrels are harder to break in than others. If the barrel shoots good groups clean and then goes south, clean it again. Eventually you will win.