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Barrel break in and fire forming these days
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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote Shadow Tracker" data-source="post: 2221246" data-attributes="member: 116439"><p>If I have a new rifle "nothing special' for hunting I treat it just like a "F" class break in. WHY NOT. I try to get the best out of everything I have so doing the "Break in" I'll still look at testing loads as I go along. I check the barrel out with a bore scope, measure my free bore, shoot/break in then fine tune. If it is a factory non hand lapped, I might even do limited fire lapping. Most of my rifles shoot <0.25" MAO and only the larger calibers at 0.50". My thought process is better take care up front in the beginning and that will follow down the road. Taking a little more time and doing a so called "Break in" can't hurt. Can anyone give me a negative on break in process besides a little more time and ammo?</p><p>It is also not only the "BARREL" for break in for your MOA goals. there are several other factors to look at - what trigger is installed. is it bedded, ect. This is a POST for barrel break in, fire forming and load development. You can also fire form, depending, on the type process you use along with break in. not COW.</p><p></p><p> If you buy a rifle for hunting what are your expectations 1" MOA less/more???? Try to get the best accuracy in the rifle you can then you can't blame the rifle when you miss.</p><p></p><p>If you didn't gain anything you also didn't loose anything, but what if you did gain something from the process? Can't reverse other processes by not a break in... Just a thought. </p><p></p><p>After that we also need to look at what kind of barrel maintenance/care for a hunt or a match, Now this will even open up more thoughts on cleaning vs fouled barrels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote Shadow Tracker, post: 2221246, member: 116439"] If I have a new rifle "nothing special' for hunting I treat it just like a "F" class break in. WHY NOT. I try to get the best out of everything I have so doing the "Break in" I'll still look at testing loads as I go along. I check the barrel out with a bore scope, measure my free bore, shoot/break in then fine tune. If it is a factory non hand lapped, I might even do limited fire lapping. Most of my rifles shoot <0.25" MAO and only the larger calibers at 0.50". My thought process is better take care up front in the beginning and that will follow down the road. Taking a little more time and doing a so called "Break in" can't hurt. Can anyone give me a negative on break in process besides a little more time and ammo? It is also not only the "BARREL" for break in for your MOA goals. there are several other factors to look at - what trigger is installed. is it bedded, ect. This is a POST for barrel break in, fire forming and load development. You can also fire form, depending, on the type process you use along with break in. not COW. If you buy a rifle for hunting what are your expectations 1" MOA less/more???? Try to get the best accuracy in the rifle you can then you can't blame the rifle when you miss. If you didn't gain anything you also didn't loose anything, but what if you did gain something from the process? Can't reverse other processes by not a break in... Just a thought. After that we also need to look at what kind of barrel maintenance/care for a hunt or a match, Now this will even open up more thoughts on cleaning vs fouled barrels. [/QUOTE]
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