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The Basics, Starting Out
"Seasoning" the barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="varmintH8R" data-source="post: 839584" data-attributes="member: 39801"><p>There are a myriad of threads on barrel break-in, and several schools of thought on it. Here is a recent one if you are interested: <a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f19/copper-removal-technique-break-vs-complete-removal-119259/" target="_blank">http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f19/copper-removal-technique-break-vs-complete-removal-119259/</a></p><p></p><p>As far as velocity, there is another even more critical factor than velocity or mass: accurate delivery of said velocity and mass. Most of the posts I have seen "playing down" velocity usually have some context. For example: I would give up 100fps in exchange for improved accuracy, in exchange for longer barrel life, in exchange for a short-action platform, in exchange for not blowing my face off with "hot" over-book reloads, etc.... In a vacuum, faster is almost always better, in reality it needs to be weighed against other factors. </p><p></p><p>It is also worth noting that velocity loss of a particular projectile is a key consideration for many of the truly long-range guys that haunt these forums - both for trajectory and energy-delivery reasons.</p><p></p><p>Hope that is useful in context of your post?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="varmintH8R, post: 839584, member: 39801"] There are a myriad of threads on barrel break-in, and several schools of thought on it. Here is a recent one if you are interested: [url]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f19/copper-removal-technique-break-vs-complete-removal-119259/[/url] As far as velocity, there is another even more critical factor than velocity or mass: accurate delivery of said velocity and mass. Most of the posts I have seen "playing down" velocity usually have some context. For example: I would give up 100fps in exchange for improved accuracy, in exchange for longer barrel life, in exchange for a short-action platform, in exchange for not blowing my face off with "hot" over-book reloads, etc.... In a vacuum, faster is almost always better, in reality it needs to be weighed against other factors. It is also worth noting that velocity loss of a particular projectile is a key consideration for many of the truly long-range guys that haunt these forums - both for trajectory and energy-delivery reasons. Hope that is useful in context of your post? [/QUOTE]
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