1000 rds and I have a Filthy Barrel. Been cleaning after 5 tins. Yes, i wash the pellets. 3 weeks into new barrel. Shooting nickel 50 yds. This morning lucky to get an inch! Just cleaned barrel, will shoot later and see if theres improvement.
How many shots did it take to get your groups back keyman? Did you find a lot lead flakes on your patches on the first couple of pull throughs? My 25 gets dirty like that after a 100-150 pellets through it. Jimmy