Barrel break in?

[Silent8Strike]

I would consider reading this article as well: http://www.6mmbr.com/GailMcMbreakin.html

[Allan_03]

Best way to break it in? Shoot, shoot, shoot. There's been no concrete evidence that these ridiculous break in rroutines promote, maintain or increase accuracy in a barrel. You'll just increase wear by over cleaning with these one shot clean routines.

[CFMopar]

Not sure if it made a difference but I did this for my savage 10 tr

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/p...barrelbreakin/

[rl4930]

I do, 5 clean, 5 clean for the first 50. I have no rhyme or reason. that's just what I do.

[6MT]

Not sure if it made a difference but I did this for my savage 10 tr

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/p...barrelbreakin/

Wuff!

[SeamusBondy]

^ what he said.

[Huntactical]

Very interesting read.

http://www.snipercountry.com/article...breakin_II.asp

Thanks for sharing this.

[P0WERWAGON]

A bore snake for a precision bolt action rifle...... Seriously

please explain to me why this is bad? i keep hearing people complain about boresnakes ruining the barrel, but how exactly does it ruin the barrel or cause damage?

[Smcx]

Yeah, I'd like to know as well. They're brass and some sort of rope. I don't understand how either is going to hurt steel. I also subscribe to the "just shoot it" method after an initial cleaning.

[toxic]

please explain to me why this is bad? i keep hearing people complain about boresnakes ruining the barrel, but how exactly does it ruin the barrel or cause damage?

It doesn't take much to get something rough imbedded in the bore snake which will damage the barrel all the way down. Remember that when we are talking precision barrels we are talking perfectly smooooooth. Factory barrels not as much of an issue to use a bore snake probably but I still won't use them.