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<blockquote data-quote="woodnut" data-source="post: 2775793" data-attributes="member: 17593"><p>Poe, I noticed you said you started shooting again and after a bit, it settled down to 1 MOA. Sounds like the barrel refilled the "holes" you emptied when aggressively cleaning it. Which brings me to what benchresters do. They clean the barrel to spotless and THEN fire enough rounds to re-foul it before going to the record target! The re-fouling is the secret!</p><p>I got a tip from a gunsmith who got it from a barrelmaker that said all we need to break-in a barrel is shoot 5, put a few drops of gun oil (I use Ballistol) down it and pull a bore snake through, repeat for 20 rounds. Then shoot it as much as you want! Maybe after 2-300 rounds, repeat putting some gun oil in and pull a snake through. Maybe, just maybe, once a year, or so, clean it lightly and re do the snake. I have been doing this a long time and NO degradation of accuracy. Just remember what the benchresters do and you will understand the logic in this procedure. </p><p>Having said that, if the barrel has a metallurgical issue( like one said was a bent barrel) or some other reason keeping it from accurate shooting, cleaning of any kind may not fix it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woodnut, post: 2775793, member: 17593"] Poe, I noticed you said you started shooting again and after a bit, it settled down to 1 MOA. Sounds like the barrel refilled the "holes" you emptied when aggressively cleaning it. Which brings me to what benchresters do. They clean the barrel to spotless and THEN fire enough rounds to re-foul it before going to the record target! The re-fouling is the secret! I got a tip from a gunsmith who got it from a barrelmaker that said all we need to break-in a barrel is shoot 5, put a few drops of gun oil (I use Ballistol) down it and pull a bore snake through, repeat for 20 rounds. Then shoot it as much as you want! Maybe after 2-300 rounds, repeat putting some gun oil in and pull a snake through. Maybe, just maybe, once a year, or so, clean it lightly and re do the snake. I have been doing this a long time and NO degradation of accuracy. Just remember what the benchresters do and you will understand the logic in this procedure. Having said that, if the barrel has a metallurgical issue( like one said was a bent barrel) or some other reason keeping it from accurate shooting, cleaning of any kind may not fix it. [/QUOTE]
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