Barrel Breaking in techniques

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I got my new AR15 rifle from Questar not too long ago and I heard from some sources that it's good to perform "barrel breaking" procedures (i.e. http://www.rifle-accuracy-reports.com/barrel-break-in.html).

What's your thoughts on this? And if you've got some different techniques, please share.
 
Very true a lot of mumbo jumbo arround that topic, just shoot it easy for the first 10 shots couples of minutes between shots so it dont get hot, a boresnake every 3 shots for the first 10 that all, at home give it a good clean but use the copper brush to a minimun, patch and a good copper remover until the patchs come out clean... JP.
 
Thanks guys, that's pretty much what I was thinking too! I'll just keep it easy for the first few rounds, gotta make sure my sights are on target anyways.
 
The sanest opinion comes from Gale McMillan, and basically he cleans every 10 rounds until the barrel is easily cleaned.
After that, you can clean only when the rifle loses accuracy (might be every 20 rounds, 50 rounds or even more than 100 rounds).
http://www.6mmbr.com/gailmcmbreakin.html

Chromed lined barrels are very easy to clean but good maintenance can insure that you'll get a great shooting barrel for a long time.
A barrel's worst enemies are overheating and abusive cleaning (using wrong material and technique).
A well maintained 223 match barrel will keep its accuracy for 6000 rounds while a badly maintained one can "die" after 2000 rounds.

Alex
 
AlexF said:
The sanest opinion comes from Gale McMillan, and basically he cleans every 10 rounds until the barrel is easily cleaned.
After that, you can clean only when the rifle loses accuracy (might be every 20 rounds, 50 rounds or even more than 100 rounds).
http://www.6mmbr.com/gailmcmbreakin.html

Chromed lined barrels are very easy to clean but good maintenance can insure that you'll get a great shooting barrel for a long time.
A barrel's worst enemies are overheating and abusive cleaning (using wrong material and technique).
A well maintained 223 match barrel will keep its accuracy for 6000 rounds while a badly maintained one can "die" after 2000 rounds.

Alex
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Keep in mind that Gale McMillan's advise posted above is for benchrest or precision guns for competition, not semi autos that were never intended to be used for precision work.

TDC
 
Every AR deserves love and care

TDC said:
Keep in mind that Gale McMillan's advise posted above is for benchrest or precision guns for competition, not semi autos that were never intended to be used for precision work.

TDC
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Absolutely true but ARs are accurate, not extremely accurate but accurate (1-1.5 MOA).
It's pointless to destroy a good rifle's accuracy by being negligent.

Every AR deserves love and care ;)
(And you save money in the long run)

Alex
 
AlexF said:
The sanest opinion comes from Gale McMillan, and basically he cleans every 10 rounds until the barrel is easily cleaned.
After that, you can clean only when the rifle loses accuracy (might be every 20 rounds, 50 rounds or even more than 100 rounds).
http://www.6mmbr.com/gailmcmbreakin.html
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That's not what he said in the link. He said that at one time, his instructions were to "clean the barrel as often as possible, preferably every 10 rounds". Gale McMillan did not recommend any sort of break-in procedure.

Barrel break in is snake oil for precision rifles, let alone ARs. If the barrel is shooting fine, it doesn't need to be cleaned.
 
tjhaile said:
That's not what he said in the link. He said that at one time, his instructions were to "clean the barrel as often as possible, preferably every 10 rounds". Gale McMillan did not recommend any sort of break-in procedure.

Barrel break in is snake oil for precision rifles, let alone ARs. If the barrel is shooting fine, it doesn't need to be cleaned.
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You're right he only stated to clean the barrel every 10 shots to get top accuracy. I'll try to find the link to where he gave his opinion on barrel break in. I might have mixed his opinion with some of Lilja or of Krieger Barrels.

Alex
 
AlexF said:
Absolutely true but ARs are accurate, not extremely accurate but accurate (1-1.5 MOA).
It's pointless to destroy a good rifle's accuracy by being negligent.

Every AR deserves love and care ;)
(And you save money in the long run)

Alex
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Definitely no need to abuse a barrel. Clean it, shoot it, clean it when necessary. Starving a rifle is far more abusive than infrequent cleaning. ;)

TDC
 
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