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Is barrel break-in really needed for factory guns?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bandit19" data-source="post: 389374" data-attributes="member: 23314"><p>I just finished my barrel break-in for my 300 wby. Accumark this week and this for me was also my first barrel break-in my previous 2 rifles both Browning A Bolts 7 mag and 300 wsm I did not break-in. The main reason I did'nt break the barells before is because I did not know I was supposed to. I did with my Weatherby Accumark because Weatherby and Krieger Barrels says to. I did the Weatherby break-in from there web-site shoot 1 clean for 10 times, shoot 3 clean for 10 times (2) boxes of shells. The cheapest they sell 180 grain spitzer from Mid-way $33.99 a box. This took me 2 range visits and about 4 hours very tedious. What I found out is that my groups got tighter and by the time I finished my barrel was very easy to clean. I sited in @ 1.5 inches high at 100 yards with 180 accubonds after 5 shots and 2 clicks right 1 click down my group was inside an inch. After that it only took 5 patchs passed through to be clean I used nothing but Bore Eliminator the entire process. I will be doing some practice shooting with this gun but mainly just checking to make sure she is still on during hunting season.</p><p>If I would not have broken this barrel in it would have take me a couple or three hunting seasons to be at this point. I think breaking in a barrel also from a common sense kinda a thing has alot to do with how much you are going to shoot a particular gun. For example I will shoot my 7mm-08 and .22 hundreds of times this year. When you are going to shoot that much you can break-in as you go along.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bandit19, post: 389374, member: 23314"] I just finished my barrel break-in for my 300 wby. Accumark this week and this for me was also my first barrel break-in my previous 2 rifles both Browning A Bolts 7 mag and 300 wsm I did not break-in. The main reason I did'nt break the barells before is because I did not know I was supposed to. I did with my Weatherby Accumark because Weatherby and Krieger Barrels says to. I did the Weatherby break-in from there web-site shoot 1 clean for 10 times, shoot 3 clean for 10 times (2) boxes of shells. The cheapest they sell 180 grain spitzer from Mid-way $33.99 a box. This took me 2 range visits and about 4 hours very tedious. What I found out is that my groups got tighter and by the time I finished my barrel was very easy to clean. I sited in @ 1.5 inches high at 100 yards with 180 accubonds after 5 shots and 2 clicks right 1 click down my group was inside an inch. After that it only took 5 patchs passed through to be clean I used nothing but Bore Eliminator the entire process. I will be doing some practice shooting with this gun but mainly just checking to make sure she is still on during hunting season. If I would not have broken this barrel in it would have take me a couple or three hunting seasons to be at this point. I think breaking in a barrel also from a common sense kinda a thing has alot to do with how much you are going to shoot a particular gun. For example I will shoot my 7mm-08 and .22 hundreds of times this year. When you are going to shoot that much you can break-in as you go along. [/QUOTE]
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