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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 316994" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>JP, a bore scope is the only way you can tell the condition of your bore. You might have some slight throat erosion and fire craking or maybe just a rough bore.</p><p> </p><p>I usually wait long enough for the barrel to cool enough that I can barely detect any more heat than air temp, however long it takes. On cool days it cools faster. Try to keep it in the shade especially while cooling and keep the bolt open.</p><p> </p><p>I just got back from the range where I was breakign in a coupel of used Senderos I got. A 300 RUM and a 26-06.</p><p> </p><p>The RUM had 26 rounds through it when I started the break-in with Gun Juice. It fouls pretty bad. It's been taking me about an hour to clean all the copper out between shots with Bore Tech and I only got 4 shots through it in 5 hours by the time I left so more to go. Hopefully I can eliminate the fouling or get it way down.</p><p> </p><p>The 25-06 I got from a guy who got it from someone else who said he thought it might have about 200 rounds down the tube. I took it straight out to fire a group to check velocity and accuracy before cleaning it and starting the break-in. I shot a .24" 3 shot group and the fourth took it out to .45 under less than ideal conditions and this with factory ammo It took me 5 days to get that bore clean using Bore Tech and Wipeout. Since it took so long cleaning I decided to have it scoped and the bore is totally fire cracked from throat to muzzle. The Smith was surprised I could hit anything. I'm figuring I'llneed a new barrel sometime but I decided to to break it in with some Gun Juice anyway. I decided to partial cleean between shots so some fouling would fill the cracks and the Gun juice would seal it in. The rifle shot very well with all that fouling in the first place so I decided to seal in the fouling and see what would happen. Nothing to loose. So far so good... I shot a .4" 3 shot group in 20-30 mph crosswinds during the process. This fire cracked tube is still driving tacks. Break-in still in progress.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 316994, member: 11717"] JP, a bore scope is the only way you can tell the condition of your bore. You might have some slight throat erosion and fire craking or maybe just a rough bore. I usually wait long enough for the barrel to cool enough that I can barely detect any more heat than air temp, however long it takes. On cool days it cools faster. Try to keep it in the shade especially while cooling and keep the bolt open. I just got back from the range where I was breakign in a coupel of used Senderos I got. A 300 RUM and a 26-06. The RUM had 26 rounds through it when I started the break-in with Gun Juice. It fouls pretty bad. It's been taking me about an hour to clean all the copper out between shots with Bore Tech and I only got 4 shots through it in 5 hours by the time I left so more to go. Hopefully I can eliminate the fouling or get it way down. The 25-06 I got from a guy who got it from someone else who said he thought it might have about 200 rounds down the tube. I took it straight out to fire a group to check velocity and accuracy before cleaning it and starting the break-in. I shot a .24" 3 shot group and the fourth took it out to .45 under less than ideal conditions and this with factory ammo It took me 5 days to get that bore clean using Bore Tech and Wipeout. Since it took so long cleaning I decided to have it scoped and the bore is totally fire cracked from throat to muzzle. The Smith was surprised I could hit anything. I'm figuring I'llneed a new barrel sometime but I decided to to break it in with some Gun Juice anyway. I decided to partial cleean between shots so some fouling would fill the cracks and the Gun juice would seal it in. The rifle shot very well with all that fouling in the first place so I decided to seal in the fouling and see what would happen. Nothing to loose. So far so good... I shot a .4" 3 shot group in 20-30 mph crosswinds during the process. This fire cracked tube is still driving tacks. Break-in still in progress. [/QUOTE]
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