OK, so, I cleaned after each of the first 5 shots, but following the advice here of "just shoot it," have not cleaned it for the next 80 shots.

Noticed that, indeed, the groups have tightened up at 100 yards from shots 65 to 85 quite a bit to form one jagged hole... awesome! I hate to spend a lot of time cleaning guns, anyway.

As I understand it, the Savage bore, which, ugly as it is, should never be looked at with a borescope, needs a certain amount of copper fouling to maintain accuracy...

So, my question is, do I just keep shooting until the accuracy starts falling off, or is their some routine maintenance regimen to keep the bore in optimal (copper fouled) condition for accuracy?

When bore cleaning IS necessary, what is the maintenance procedure? Just wet patches with nitro solvent down the bore? No copper solvent or bore brushes? Or what?

Thanks!