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Barrel break in true or not?
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<blockquote data-quote="Clem Bronkoski" data-source="post: 2746886" data-attributes="member: 110518"><p>IMO barrel break in is to eliminate minute burrs in the rifling which can catch fouling. A bulid up of this fouling can result in a harder to clean bore and/or ultimately a loss in accuracy. Its better to take the time initially and break in a production barrel. Needing a break in I think it all depends on the barrel manufacturer. A good quality custom barrel is most likely lapped and free of any minute burrs which would catch fouling. A production barrel I would say yes. What I normally do with a new rifle is give it a good cleaning and then lap it with bore polish and clean again. </p><p>Then the 1st 10 shots I run a solvent and 2 dry patches through after each shot. Next i clean every 3rd shot for 15 shots (5 times). That's all I do. Using this process on the last 5 or so rifles has made them a breeze to clean up. Normally one or two solvent patches and 4-5 dry patches and its clean as a whistle. Then a light coat of Montana Xtreme Bore Conditioner and store in the safe muzzle down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clem Bronkoski, post: 2746886, member: 110518"] IMO barrel break in is to eliminate minute burrs in the rifling which can catch fouling. A bulid up of this fouling can result in a harder to clean bore and/or ultimately a loss in accuracy. Its better to take the time initially and break in a production barrel. Needing a break in I think it all depends on the barrel manufacturer. A good quality custom barrel is most likely lapped and free of any minute burrs which would catch fouling. A production barrel I would say yes. What I normally do with a new rifle is give it a good cleaning and then lap it with bore polish and clean again. Then the 1st 10 shots I run a solvent and 2 dry patches through after each shot. Next i clean every 3rd shot for 15 shots (5 times). That's all I do. Using this process on the last 5 or so rifles has made them a breeze to clean up. Normally one or two solvent patches and 4-5 dry patches and its clean as a whistle. Then a light coat of Montana Xtreme Bore Conditioner and store in the safe muzzle down. [/QUOTE]
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