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Proper barrel break in or not? That is the question
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty7mmstw" data-source="post: 1094613" data-attributes="member: 48043"><p><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" /><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" /><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" /> +1</p><p> </p><p>Usually with a factory pipe I just get the top end on her and let her buck. Also, with a factory barrel I'll usually take it out with enough ammo to get the barrel hotter than heck once early in its life. I never let the barrel heat up nearly that hot again. It seems to take a lot of the heat poi shift out of a factory barrel.</p><p> </p><p>When I put my new 7stw together this week I'll likely shoot and clean the first few shots to smooth everything out a bit, but with a 140 ab doing 3400-3500 fps out of a 27" 8" twist barrel, break in time should be pretty short. I'll figure out a load with a 168-200 grain pill after I confirm that it is a shooter. I'm not wasting half the price of the rifle again trying to polish a gilded turd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty7mmstw, post: 1094613, member: 48043"] :D:D:D +1 Usually with a factory pipe I just get the top end on her and let her buck. Also, with a factory barrel I'll usually take it out with enough ammo to get the barrel hotter than heck once early in its life. I never let the barrel heat up nearly that hot again. It seems to take a lot of the heat poi shift out of a factory barrel. When I put my new 7stw together this week I'll likely shoot and clean the first few shots to smooth everything out a bit, but with a 140 ab doing 3400-3500 fps out of a 27" 8" twist barrel, break in time should be pretty short. I'll figure out a load with a 168-200 grain pill after I confirm that it is a shooter. I'm not wasting half the price of the rifle again trying to polish a gilded turd. [/QUOTE]
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