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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Load Development During Barrel Break in
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 790661" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>I do take some advantage of the breakin process. I will usually shoot the first 10 rounds which are cleaned after each shot, with a load/bullet combo that I have investigated and selected as good for the intended purpose. I will back off the charge weight so I'm not operating at max pressure or velocity. I will zero the scope with the first 2 or 3 shots and shoot the remainder using a consistent cleaning process for each shot and see how tight a group I can get at 100 yards just to get a feel for how load rifle performs. With the remaining 3 and 5 shot cycles I will then begin to test charge weight increases to find the max load if the load looks promising. Once the barrel appears broken in, I will then get down to serious refinement. If the break in load looked good, I'm ahead of the game and have a feel for how it performs. this has worked out well for several rifles I have set up. When it didn't work out, I at least got the rifle broken in and moved on to further load development.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 790661, member: 10291"] I do take some advantage of the breakin process. I will usually shoot the first 10 rounds which are cleaned after each shot, with a load/bullet combo that I have investigated and selected as good for the intended purpose. I will back off the charge weight so I'm not operating at max pressure or velocity. I will zero the scope with the first 2 or 3 shots and shoot the remainder using a consistent cleaning process for each shot and see how tight a group I can get at 100 yards just to get a feel for how load rifle performs. With the remaining 3 and 5 shot cycles I will then begin to test charge weight increases to find the max load if the load looks promising. Once the barrel appears broken in, I will then get down to serious refinement. If the break in load looked good, I'm ahead of the game and have a feel for how it performs. this has worked out well for several rifles I have set up. When it didn't work out, I at least got the rifle broken in and moved on to further load development. [/QUOTE]
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