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breaking in a barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 499338" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>It's true that some manufacturers will recommend a set procedure, and gradually increasing rounds between cleaning and I'm not sure why. Reason being, after the first shot, your barrel is copper fouled. The whole idea behind break-in is to condition the barrel so that roughness and irregularities are "burnished" out so it reduces the bore's fouling. This can only be accomplished with a perfectly clean bore. If the bore is fouled, it is basically impossible to accomplish the burnishing. Any shots after the first shot are useless and wasted.</p><p></p><p>Also, every bore is different, some may take 1 shot and some factory barrels may take 30. The barrel is broke in when it's broke in... not just because 10 shots were fired through it. With my Senderos, I kept shooting and cleaning until I didn't see any more improvement which was close to 30 rounds in each. And it took several trips to the range because it took a long time between shots to get the copper out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 499338, member: 11717"] It's true that some manufacturers will recommend a set procedure, and gradually increasing rounds between cleaning and I'm not sure why. Reason being, after the first shot, your barrel is copper fouled. The whole idea behind break-in is to condition the barrel so that roughness and irregularities are "burnished" out so it reduces the bore's fouling. This can only be accomplished with a perfectly clean bore. If the bore is fouled, it is basically impossible to accomplish the burnishing. Any shots after the first shot are useless and wasted. Also, every bore is different, some may take 1 shot and some factory barrels may take 30. The barrel is broke in when it's broke in... not just because 10 shots were fired through it. With my Senderos, I kept shooting and cleaning until I didn't see any more improvement which was close to 30 rounds in each. And it took several trips to the range because it took a long time between shots to get the copper out. [/QUOTE]
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