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New rifle break in? True or hype?
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<blockquote data-quote="justgoto" data-source="post: 585205" data-attributes="member: 17125"><p>Not <strong>the conspiracy theory</strong> again!</p><p></p><p>That page states, The premise of the page, is that during the break-in procedure, you can't do anything else. That is wrong.</p><p>More proof of my assertion. and</p><p>I had broken-in my barrel as I was zeroing my scope and load developing. After 20 shots I had my scope adjusted and a few potential loads to test, and had a barrel that copper fouled considerably less!</p><p>So their premise is absurd in the extreme.</p><p>Another case in point.</p><p></p><p>My 30+ year old Win 94 had gotten a build-up of carbon near the throat. (I also was influenced by conspiracy theories at one time, and was under the false belief that a bronze brush would damage my bore.)</p><p>I had discovered the condition when my cleaning patches would keep coming out dirty.</p><p>After I cleaned it to my satisfaction, I took a pic of the throat to see how clean it was and found a ring of unworn metal where the carbon ring resided.</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/justgoto/gun/3030throat.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The ring isn't what is important, but the roughness of the barrel. That is perfectly clean, and it isn't mirror like whatsoever.</p><p>So I thought if I tried a break-in procedure, I might get that ring to dissipate somewhat.</p><p><strong>I didn't shoot 100 shots in the air further using-up my barrel life.</strong> I instead took shots as I normally would have at targets and distances I usually do. Probably took me months to do, since I take one shot a day with whatever rifle I choose to shoot at that time.</p><p></p><p>Here is what the barrel looks like now.</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/justgoto/gun/94bore.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>So I have a smoother bore without shortening barrel life; (per your link,) "every round shot in breaking-in a barrel is one round off the life of said rifle barrel."</p><p></p><p>And did I mention it shoots wonderfully?</p><p>[media=youtube]RlX3I8PoRP4[/media]</p><p></p><p><strong>The conspiracy theory doesn't hold-up to the least bit of scrutiny... and is rather ridiculous.</strong></p><p></p><p>Links to barrel break-in procedures.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.winchesterguns.com/customerservice/qna/detail.asp?id=223" target="_blank">Question #223, What is the recommended procedure for breaking in a new barrel? -- Winchester Repeating Arms</a></p><p><a href="http://www.kriegerbarrels.com/Break_In__Cleaning-c1246-wp2558.htm" target="_blank">Break-In & Cleaning</a></p><p><a href="http://www.shilen.com/faq.html#question10" target="_blank">Welcome to Shilen Rifles, Inc.</a></p><p>I would go by what your specific barrel maker suggests.</p><p></p><p>I might add...</p><p>Barrel break-in is not to make your firearm shoot more accurate, it is to reduce copper fouling. In which, as it copper fouls less, you need not clean it as often to keep accuracy on par.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="justgoto, post: 585205, member: 17125"] Not [B]the conspiracy theory[/B] again! That page states, The premise of the page, is that during the break-in procedure, you can't do anything else. That is wrong. More proof of my assertion. and I had broken-in my barrel as I was zeroing my scope and load developing. After 20 shots I had my scope adjusted and a few potential loads to test, and had a barrel that copper fouled considerably less! So their premise is absurd in the extreme. Another case in point. My 30+ year old Win 94 had gotten a build-up of carbon near the throat. (I also was influenced by conspiracy theories at one time, and was under the false belief that a bronze brush would damage my bore.) I had discovered the condition when my cleaning patches would keep coming out dirty. After I cleaned it to my satisfaction, I took a pic of the throat to see how clean it was and found a ring of unworn metal where the carbon ring resided. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/justgoto/gun/3030throat.jpg[/IMG] The ring isn't what is important, but the roughness of the barrel. That is perfectly clean, and it isn't mirror like whatsoever. So I thought if I tried a break-in procedure, I might get that ring to dissipate somewhat. [B]I didn't shoot 100 shots in the air further using-up my barrel life.[/B] I instead took shots as I normally would have at targets and distances I usually do. Probably took me months to do, since I take one shot a day with whatever rifle I choose to shoot at that time. Here is what the barrel looks like now. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/justgoto/gun/94bore.jpg[/IMG] So I have a smoother bore without shortening barrel life; (per your link,) "every round shot in breaking-in a barrel is one round off the life of said rifle barrel." And did I mention it shoots wonderfully? [media=youtube]RlX3I8PoRP4[/media] [B]The conspiracy theory doesn't hold-up to the least bit of scrutiny... and is rather ridiculous.[/B] Links to barrel break-in procedures. [URL="http://www.winchesterguns.com/customerservice/qna/detail.asp?id=223"]Question #223, What is the recommended procedure for breaking in a new barrel? -- Winchester Repeating Arms[/URL] [URL="http://www.kriegerbarrels.com/Break_In__Cleaning-c1246-wp2558.htm"]Break-In & Cleaning[/URL] [URL="http://www.shilen.com/faq.html#question10"]Welcome to Shilen Rifles, Inc.[/URL] I would go by what your specific barrel maker suggests. I might add... Barrel break-in is not to make your firearm shoot more accurate, it is to reduce copper fouling. In which, as it copper fouls less, you need not clean it as often to keep accuracy on par. [/QUOTE]
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