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New Scope and New Rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="cdherman" data-source="post: 2821108" data-attributes="member: 12282"><p>I am totally with Bang4the Buck. I get how impatient you might be to want to go buy a box of factory ammo. Don't do it if you are a reloader. Buy a 100 minimum, better yet 200 rounds of the best unfired brass you can find/afford. You are going to be breaking in that barrel with meaningless shots anyhow -- may as well have one of them at 25 yards, 2 at 50 etc etc.</p><p></p><p>I tend to find some lot of bullets that never got happy in another gun for break in. Ditto powder. Something no other gun loves, but the reloading manual has load data for it. Barrels are not ready for your expensive components for the first 20-50 rounds (a hand lapped, cut rifling will be faster, a Savage might need 200 rounds.)</p><p></p><p>added bonus using your eventual reloading brass -- you will have once fired brass to work with. I get my best accuracy with once fired brass, fully prepped but just shoulder bumped back when resized. Its a bonus to break in with my long term brass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cdherman, post: 2821108, member: 12282"] I am totally with Bang4the Buck. I get how impatient you might be to want to go buy a box of factory ammo. Don't do it if you are a reloader. Buy a 100 minimum, better yet 200 rounds of the best unfired brass you can find/afford. You are going to be breaking in that barrel with meaningless shots anyhow -- may as well have one of them at 25 yards, 2 at 50 etc etc. I tend to find some lot of bullets that never got happy in another gun for break in. Ditto powder. Something no other gun loves, but the reloading manual has load data for it. Barrels are not ready for your expensive components for the first 20-50 rounds (a hand lapped, cut rifling will be faster, a Savage might need 200 rounds.) added bonus using your eventual reloading brass -- you will have once fired brass to work with. I get my best accuracy with once fired brass, fully prepped but just shoulder bumped back when resized. Its a bonus to break in with my long term brass. [/QUOTE]
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