Break in barrels

[kochie]

I noticed like all the new rifles I buy they have been shot at factory so does a person really have to break the barrel in or i it all ready broken in ? And you here so many ways to do it some say just shoot it.other say shoot & clean every round up to 10 shots than repeat shooting two and on & on who the hell knows?

 

[butchlambert]

I noticed like all the new rifles I buy they have been shot at factory so does a person really have to break the barrel in or i it all ready broken in ? And you here so many ways to do it some say just shoot it.other say shoot & clean every round up to 10 shots than repeat shooting two and on & on who the hell knows?

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[kochie]

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Ya you’re right lol

 

[Dimner]

I know. For a factory rifle barrel. Do the 1 shot clean routine for 10 shots. 5 shots clean routine twice. 10 shots clean twice.

3 years down the road after many rounds you will be happy you spent a day long ago doing this.

Custom barrel process I won't get into. But factory barrels I'm a firm believer in the break in process

 

[hogpatrol]

 

[Shooter13]

Scoot over on the couch!

 

[kochie]

Scoot over on the couch!

Yep

 

[quest450]

I always sprinkle my super secret sniper fairy dust on the barrel between 2nd and 3rd shot

 

[kochie]

I always sprinkle my super secret sniper fairy dust on the barrel between 2nd and 3rd shot

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I suppose with a rainbow also !!!!

 

[Old Navy]

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And they are all different.

 

[three percent]

I do the fred Sinclair method.fire one wet bore brush ten times with bronze brush dry it out oil patch dry it out go again.fire one clean fire two clean fire three clean and on and on.
Good hand lapped barrels may not need it but I still do it.it tells how rough barrel is and gives me a good gauge as to how much barrel is fouling.i feel like it helps barrel to not foul as bad in the beginning.
I have had a few barrels that nothing sticks.super easy to clean out and it may not have helped any but it sure didn't hurt anything and it gives me a good idea on what barrel is doing

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

I do the fred Sinclair method.fire one wet bore brush ten times with bronze brush dry it out oil patch dry it out go again.fire one clean fire two clean fire three clean and on and on.
Good hand lapped barrels may not need it but I still do it.it tells how rough barrel is and gives me a good gauge as to how much barrel is fouling.i feel like it helps barrel to not foul as bad in the beginning.
I have had a few barrels that nothing sticks.super easy to clean out and it may not have helped any but it sure didn't hurt anything and it gives me a good idea on what barrel is doing

We really aren't breaking in the bbl, but the throat, fwiw. Some take a while and some need near nothing at all. I just posted pics over that last few days of a Krieger 10 twist that I fired the first 20 rounds down before cleaning it. I let it soak overnight and it had no copper in it at all, but they aren't all like that. I don't think a deer will ever know the difference but I think some top competitors can see it on some barrels. But you only get one chance at it. Waiting untill you've got a couple of hundred rounds down it while it's coppering up a single land, for example, probably makes doing it later a waste of time. Either do it from the start or don't do it at all, imho.

 

[joshb]

Disregard the “bronze brush on a drill” method. Most everybody agrees it’s not a good idea. Almost everybody……

 

[Bronsin]

My conscience wouldn't let me take a brand new barrel to the range and just start shooting. It may have been fine, but if not it would be really expensive for me to replace it. The rifle, and a trash can with a pile of patches in it. Only took a couple hours on a rainy day. Load testing today shows it may have been the right choice.

 

[whatsupdoc]

I shoot 3 and then clean the bore on my rimfires for the first 750 rounds
so the reamer burs are removed and the lead fouling is reduced.

Unless I am shooting 22 shorts, then its shoot 3 and clean for the first 1450 rounds.

 

[three percent]

We really aren't breaking in the bbl, but the throat, fwiw. Some take a while and some need near nothing at all. I just posted pics over that last few days of a Krieger 10 twist that I fired the first 20 rounds down before cleaning it. I let it soak overnight and it had no copper in it at all, but they aren't all like that. I don't think a deer will ever know the difference but I think some top competitors can see it on some barrels. But you only get one chance at it. Waiting untill you've got a couple of hundred rounds down it while it's coppering up a single land, for example, probably makes doing it later a waste of time. Either do it from the start or don't do it at all, imho.

Yeah I agree.same here but I break em in on everything from the get go.i clean new factory rifles from the one round test firing or custom builds.sucks first day out with a new rifle but I'm usually fire forming brass and getting scope close anyways before the real fun begins

 

[jelenko]

Competing in 'cross the course', I haven't broken in a barrel for the past 20 barrels. Except for a couple that were returned because they wouldn't group, the rest all produce 1/2 - 3/4 MOA groups - sufficient to keep them in the 1 MOA X ring.

 

[Ned Ludd]

It doesn't matter whether you clean in between every shot, or wait to clean it thoroughly once you get home...you're still putting a certain number of rounds through the barrel and cleaning it out. I've done the "break-in" thing and found it offered no significant benefit. I haven't "broken in" a barrel since, and they have all shot just fine.

My advice:

 

[kochie]

It doesn't matter whether you clean in between every shot, or wait to clean it thoroughly once you get home...you're still putting a certain number of rounds through the barrel and cleaning it out. I've done the "break-in" thing and found it offered no significant benefit. I haven't "broken in" a barrel since, and they have all shot just fine.

My advice:
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Ok thanks guys

 

[Sandstorm]

Im with Ned.