bstomper
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No worries. It's all good information. I will begin in the break in process. Thanks
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Oldschool280
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I just shoot them, 20 rounds and the barrel settles in and tightens up. Then maybe another 20 and a cleaning with a little sweets 7.62. Take a look at what comes out . Then get after it again. I'm not a bench rest shooter. I do not own a rifle that shoots more than 1 moa.
I found a bunch of 28 nosler loaded ammo for cheap and shot it to break in when brass was hard to find. Very little cleaning, maybe every 20 rounds. With new brass I load up different stuff from the beginning because it will show you promising loads that require little tweaking. I'm building a 300wsm here soon and will post how loads change from shot 1 thru 50. Good luck and keep us posted!
BasilPascali
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Get Dave Tubb's kit for smoothing out the tough spots. Should work great in a Savage.
This is off the Savage web site
https://savagearms.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/214238323-What-is-the-barrel-break-in-procedure-
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HRM Johnny
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This is one of the most divisive topics aroundHold on!
John kreiger (I think he makes barrels), has this philosophy at the 0:55 mark
Thanks for the video-great stuff! - Johnny
bstomper
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Thanks for all the info guys. Barrel break in seems to be a very opinionated topic. Some are very diligent in doing a strict process and others just shoot with minimal cleaning. Either way I guess I will make my decision and just do it. I guess the only thing that will be wasted is time with the way that is explained on the savage site. when I got my model 70 7mm 20 years ago I had no idea about barrel break in and just shot. I'm getting slightly over 1/2 MOA groups with it today. For a hunting rifle I am more than happy with that.
wbm
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Yep.
That's why Mr. Kreiger said what he said.
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The whole topic of barrel break in has been all over the place in opinion of what should be done. And I believe it all has to do with how rough the new throat is & how smooth your lands & grooves are. Ask 10 different people about barrel break in and you might get 10 different answers. Some answers will be similar and some not so similar.
I really like savage rifles cause they tend to shoot well and you can do just about anything that you want to with them easily.
I have a savage 12fv cabelas special. Got a steal on black Friday 2 years ago. Rifle shoots fantastic. I did the one shot clean for 5 rounds then started shooting groups and cleaning. I bought factory hornady for the break in and then reloaded the brass. I know its not lapua but the rifle has been a solid 1/2 moa with the 140 eldm and H4350 federal gm match primers. You can use new brass for break in load development but you will have to adjust after fire forming. I would start with 50 rounds.
bstomper
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That's the gun and reloading components that I have except for I have the eld match 147 grain as nd have new hornady brass. I will eventually get a MDT chassis system for it. Looking forward to shooting it's I have heard nothing but good about it
mountaincarver
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ive taken new brass and run different powder charges through it to find accuracy nodes in rifles then repeated the groups again with the same powder charge the second reloading. I don't feel its a waste of time. the other option would be to just load meaningless charges to expand the brass. the only time I do this is to foul the barrel.
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What did Savage suggest for break-in? On barrels that are hand lapped I don't do any special break-in and never had an issue. Both Heart , Brux and Proof said to me just go shoot it.
