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<blockquote data-quote="Lenny Foffa" data-source="post: 2747164" data-attributes="member: 100742"><p>Yes!!! What color to paint the bathroom, indeed!!! My Gunsmith, who is a competitive bench rest shooter, is installing custom competition barrels all the time. On my first custom barrel a Heavy Heart 29 inch in 270 Win with a 8 twist , I was told the following, <strong>shots #1 #2 and # 3 Clean the bore after each shot.</strong> Then <strong>shot # 4 ,5 and 6 fire all three rounds, then clean the bore. </strong> <strong>Then again Shots 7 ,8 and 9 , fire all three</strong> <strong>rounds , and clean the bore. </strong>T<strong>hen again 3 more shots #10, #11 and #12 and clean the bore.</strong> Now ok to shoot a string of 5 shots , and clean the bore. Do that three times as well. You have then fired a total of 27 shots. Break in complete and now clean the bore whenever you feel its needed. So this process, or something like this, seems sensible to me ,especially coming from a Gunsmith and a competitor. Its one range session. <strong>So what is wrong with doing that once??? </strong> Many will say, UNNECESSARY, ok perhaps. but certainly not harmful. If you shoot 300 rounds through a rifle and have never cleaned it, or you clean every 15 to 18 rounds as I do ,If your rifle is shooting to your expectations, and you're happy , then good luck!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lenny Foffa, post: 2747164, member: 100742"] Yes!!! What color to paint the bathroom, indeed!!! My Gunsmith, who is a competitive bench rest shooter, is installing custom competition barrels all the time. On my first custom barrel a Heavy Heart 29 inch in 270 Win with a 8 twist , I was told the following, [B]shots #1 #2 and # 3 Clean the bore after each shot.[/B] Then [B]shot # 4 ,5 and 6 fire all three rounds, then clean the bore. [/B] [B]Then again Shots 7 ,8 and 9 , fire all three[/B] [B]rounds , and clean the bore. [/B]T[B]hen again 3 more shots #10, #11 and #12 and clean the bore.[/B] Now ok to shoot a string of 5 shots , and clean the bore. Do that three times as well. You have then fired a total of 27 shots. Break in complete and now clean the bore whenever you feel its needed. So this process, or something like this, seems sensible to me ,especially coming from a Gunsmith and a competitor. Its one range session. [B]So what is wrong with doing that once??? [/B] Many will say, UNNECESSARY, ok perhaps. but certainly not harmful. If you shoot 300 rounds through a rifle and have never cleaned it, or you clean every 15 to 18 rounds as I do ,If your rifle is shooting to your expectations, and you're happy , then good luck!! [/QUOTE]
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