First, thanks for the help I have found on this site. I got my Savage 6.5 Creedmore LRH last Sat. From what I see and read it's about 50/50 on whether or not that 20-30 round break in is needed. I have done it in the past and I have not done it in the past. This rifle is a little different than any rifles I have as far as excpectations. I NEED a 600-700 yrd coyote shot just for the bragging rights Lol. All thoughts on the barrel break in would be appreciated.
Barrel break-in thoughts
- Thread starter Oldshooter
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Old, it seems what is accomplished with break-in is burnishing any roughness/burrs from the throat. Done in the traditional manner, it's time-consuming and perhaps a bit of a waste of bbl life, generally requiring invocations to Chango the Mexican drinking-monkey and use of strong ammonia, both of which are known to carry various risks. Some of great renoun advocate use of VFG pellets with an abrasive short-stroked in the throat area to shorten the process. Seymour
Barrel break in for me accomplished a few things. First IMO a properly broke in rifle cleans easier for the life of the rifle. Second a properly broke in rifle helps speed up the process to get to the final load. After the barrel is burnished properly the barrel will speed up some and allow you to get to that final load quicker.
As far as factory barrels I use David Tubb's Final Finish for break in but conventional ways work also.
As far as factory barrels I use David Tubb's Final Finish for break in but conventional ways work also.
butchlambert
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Alex Wheeler
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Barrels do break in. In my opinion the only thing different after the barrel is broken in is they dont copper foul. The barrel will also speed up in the first 1-200 rounds. IF you want to spend a whole day at the range doing break in, the process is shoot one and clean until no copper is seen. When I say clean I mean get all the copper out, as in 30 minutes of soaking between shots. When I used to do a break in it would be ALL DAY. But your done, no copper again, ever. Now I will not spend a day doing that, I just shoot as normal and deal with the copper fouling for the first few cleanings. In my opinion break in does not have any effect on accuracy.
New here, I apologize for being ignorant of the process
Northridge
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No reason to apologize, if anyone has questions on this forum by all means ask, that's what this forum is supposed to be about right!!!
Shawn williams
A couple of weeks ago I did a break in regiment for the first time ever on my new custom rig with a .308 Bartlein barrel for no other reason than that's what Bartlein said to do. Didn't take that long. I only had a minimum amount of copper fouling on the first 10 rounds and non after. I have about 200 rounds through it now and it has stayed copper free.
Did the break in help that? Hell if I know.
Did the break in help that? Hell if I know.
So just out of curiosity, about how many coyotes you figure you're likely to maime before you secure your " bragging rights" ?
As a novel approach, how about maybe trying to cleanly kill the ones you shoot.
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You are absolutely correct. Let's bring that number down to 100 yards. The older I get, the better I was
gambleone
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http://www.accuracysystemsinc.com/KRIEGER-BARREL.php
You can get some good info on this site.
You can get some good info on this site.
Shoot a decent group on paper or steel and you'll have all the bragging rights you need..
Handled with elegance and grace. Bravo.
Touchy subject, I know. You are to be complimented.
One shot, clean solvent . Three shots scrub. Five shots scrub. Do that five times. Just doesn't sound practical to me but I wanted to trough it out here for opinions before ruining a new rifle.
The sad truth is that I shot a coyote at 200 yards with a 7 mag two years ago. It literally dropped its guts and still ran to the brush. Had to finish him there. I try for a clean kill on everything I shoot. These farmers that are loosing calfs don't really care if it's a clean I'll or not, but I prefer it.
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