Erik Cortina
Team Lapua Brux Borden Captain
Outdoorsman said:Erik Cortina said:JimT said:I always am entertained by barrel break-in threads. When a response starts out something like this: "my barrel is hand lapped so there is no need to break it in" I know that person has no clue why some of us break-in our custom barrels. Accordingly, I always like to make everyone aware of the discussion at the link below:
http://www.kriegerbarrels.com/Break_In__Cleaning-c1246-wp2558.htm
I think this explanation provided by the folks at Krieger Barrels gives the most complete and compelling reason for breaking in a barrel. It makes sense to me.
I knew that, but if you know that, you can deal with it before putting a single bullet down the bore. Bottom line is that there are burrs left in the throat by the reamer, so simply deburr the throat and move on.
I follow German Salazar's barrel break in procedure step by step.
http://riflemansjournal.blogspot.com/2010/11/equipment-barrel-break-in.html
I keep coming up with a BLANK page. Where did the Article go?
It is not a blank page, it's his detailed barrel break in procedure!

Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see "...and that's all there is to it."