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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Barrel break in
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<blockquote data-quote="Swiftkill" data-source="post: 1781862" data-attributes="member: 104167"><p>Most top quality barrel manufacturers say, "We broke in the barrel by hand lapping it, all you are doing is wearing the barrel". </p><p>I am guilty of breaking in factory barrels and not. When i got my swift i didnt know about break in and just shot it. Over 2000 rounds later it still shoots same groups in the .3s. I started off shooting Winchester nosler combined tech lubalox bullets for hundreds of rounds. Then switched to hornady moly bullets mostly but shot bare copper in between and here and there. I recently started using federal 40 gr copper bullets in factory ammo at 4200 fps!. My groups shrank. Factory ammo in the .3s!!!! Screaming!. Also experimenting with brakes, without brakes. Shoots the same. Im a firm believer that its all in the node and consistently holding the firearm. BTW, thats a Schneider barrel Winchester put on their HBV in 1992. Whatever Schneider does to make a barrel......they have me sold!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swiftkill, post: 1781862, member: 104167"] Most top quality barrel manufacturers say, "We broke in the barrel by hand lapping it, all you are doing is wearing the barrel". I am guilty of breaking in factory barrels and not. When i got my swift i didnt know about break in and just shot it. Over 2000 rounds later it still shoots same groups in the .3s. I started off shooting Winchester nosler combined tech lubalox bullets for hundreds of rounds. Then switched to hornady moly bullets mostly but shot bare copper in between and here and there. I recently started using federal 40 gr copper bullets in factory ammo at 4200 fps!. My groups shrank. Factory ammo in the .3s!!!! Screaming!. Also experimenting with brakes, without brakes. Shoots the same. Im a firm believer that its all in the node and consistently holding the firearm. BTW, thats a Schneider barrel Winchester put on their HBV in 1992. Whatever Schneider does to make a barrel......they have me sold! [/QUOTE]
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