Is it really necessary to brake in a good quality hand lapped barrel?
Barrel brake in,is it really necessary?
- Thread starter PestShooter
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Here's what I do.
You have a new barrel so you need to work up a load anyway. You already know what bullet/case/primer/powder combo your going to try first so start with a safe begining load, in new unfired brass. Load one up with the bullet into the lands around .020, and fire it checking the case for excessive pressure signs by micing it down on the web. Clean the barrel, advance the powder charge and repeat. Keep doing this till you see expansion just shy of .001. This is your maximum SAFE pressure load for that combination.,I repeat SAFE, since you could keep on going but your now beyond safe pressures even if your action will take it).
You now probably have fired at least half a dozen rounds, perhaps more, cleaning between each shot. While your doing this your refining your scopes zero and now you can shoot a couple of groups to refine the load cleaning after each group playing with seating depth and tweaking the powder charge.
Your now done! You have a load that shoots great, your barrel is broken in, your scope is zeroed and you had fun doing it.
Life is good! LOL!
This is the way I approach breaking in every new barrel and it's always worked great for me.
Danny
You have a new barrel so you need to work up a load anyway. You already know what bullet/case/primer/powder combo your going to try first so start with a safe begining load, in new unfired brass. Load one up with the bullet into the lands around .020, and fire it checking the case for excessive pressure signs by micing it down on the web. Clean the barrel, advance the powder charge and repeat. Keep doing this till you see expansion just shy of .001. This is your maximum SAFE pressure load for that combination.,I repeat SAFE, since you could keep on going but your now beyond safe pressures even if your action will take it).
You now probably have fired at least half a dozen rounds, perhaps more, cleaning between each shot. While your doing this your refining your scopes zero and now you can shoot a couple of groups to refine the load cleaning after each group playing with seating depth and tweaking the powder charge.
Your now done! You have a load that shoots great, your barrel is broken in, your scope is zeroed and you had fun doing it.
Life is good! LOL!
This is the way I approach breaking in every new barrel and it's always worked great for me.
Danny
CatShooter
PestShooter said:
There are hundreds of posts on this already.
You should really use the "search" engine for something like this, instead of reinventing the wheel all over again.
There was a good and very informative thread on this just a week ago.
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/6mmbr/vpost?id=2392030
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