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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 850495" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>My routine can sometimes be condemned by the masses...So I won't post it on here, because I don't wanna be blamed for screwing up someone else's barrel. I usually "drive it like I stole it". And alot of folks don't approve that method. They think you should be shooting 1 then cleaning, then shooting 1 then cleaning.....And blah blah blah. Out of the MANY rifles I've owned I have only done that to 1 of them, and it shoots just as good as all my others that I just started blowing rounds down range. So, to me the theory of "breaking in a barrel" is more of a heating/cooling of the throat process and not so much a copper fauling issue. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p> </p><p>If it is a high-end barrel, I will usually shoot a shot or 3, then let it cool, then a shot or 3, then cool. And will do that for about the first 50 rounds or so.</p><p> </p><p>I normally run a patch soaked in RemOil down the bore before I ever shoot it to make sure all the little metal chips and crap are gone out of the bore. Then I take it to the range, start shootin till it copper fauls, then I bring it home and clean it profusely with Pro-Shot copper solvent till there's no more copper or powder on my patches and they start coming out fairly clean. Then I run one more patch soaked with RemOil on it before I put it up just to keep the bore oiled.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>And yes, you can use cheap ammo for break-in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 850495, member: 12995"] My routine can sometimes be condemned by the masses...So I won't post it on here, because I don't wanna be blamed for screwing up someone else's barrel. I usually "drive it like I stole it". And alot of folks don't approve that method. They think you should be shooting 1 then cleaning, then shooting 1 then cleaning.....And blah blah blah. Out of the MANY rifles I've owned I have only done that to 1 of them, and it shoots just as good as all my others that I just started blowing rounds down range. So, to me the theory of "breaking in a barrel" is more of a heating/cooling of the throat process and not so much a copper fauling issue. :D If it is a high-end barrel, I will usually shoot a shot or 3, then let it cool, then a shot or 3, then cool. And will do that for about the first 50 rounds or so. I normally run a patch soaked in RemOil down the bore before I ever shoot it to make sure all the little metal chips and crap are gone out of the bore. Then I take it to the range, start shootin till it copper fauls, then I bring it home and clean it profusely with Pro-Shot copper solvent till there's no more copper or powder on my patches and they start coming out fairly clean. Then I run one more patch soaked with RemOil on it before I put it up just to keep the bore oiled. And yes, you can use cheap ammo for break-in. [/QUOTE]
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