Break In and Cleaning?
- Thread starter TrxR
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Gonna jump in with Rick, Obtunded, and Mystic.
I've only one gun that needed to be worked when it was new. It had a crap barrel (guess everyone cranks out a bad one here and there).
Any of the guns I've had quality barrels on I've never noticed a difference between a break in procedure vs just shooting the next one. (I've done both).
Neither fouled more or less than the other (Between RKS, HS Precision, Rock Creek, Krieger, and the border barrel on my AIAWP).
All have been bore scoped, none looked better or worse than the other (until the barrel was shot out of course). All made good round counts (except the last barrel on my 300WM, but thats my fault, not the barrel manufacture or break in procedure).
Summarizing my break in proceedure, get nice new barrel, shoot and enjoy.
I've only one gun that needed to be worked when it was new. It had a crap barrel (guess everyone cranks out a bad one here and there).
Any of the guns I've had quality barrels on I've never noticed a difference between a break in procedure vs just shooting the next one. (I've done both).
Neither fouled more or less than the other (Between RKS, HS Precision, Rock Creek, Krieger, and the border barrel on my AIAWP).
All have been bore scoped, none looked better or worse than the other (until the barrel was shot out of course). All made good round counts (except the last barrel on my 300WM, but thats my fault, not the barrel manufacture or break in procedure).
Summarizing my break in proceedure, get nice new barrel, shoot and enjoy.
We used to shoot lots of informal BR shoots at Barnett in Burnaby before they closed it down. At some shoots we had 15 shooters . After they closed I went to Mission and there were about 5-8 shooters out there . Tried to get something going, even went to the meetings and had people say Yea we should do this, but I got tired of yea I'll be there and not showing up, so now there's no BR at Mission due to lack of interest on their part.
Shipping costs are a killer...
...if anyone is in the Victoria area I have a few hundred of the 100 yards Benchrest Hunter Score targets and a few hundred of the Benchrest 200 group targets.
I would sell some at my cost. Contact me by email or PM.
...if anyone is in the Victoria area I have a few hundred of the 100 yards Benchrest Hunter Score targets and a few hundred of the Benchrest 200 group targets.
I would sell some at my cost. Contact me by email or PM.
When was the last time you shot a BR Match?
The last Match I shot was in 2001, I had a break in and my Gun safe was stolen(yes the whole safe, pulled it off the wall) as well the took my BR gear rubber made tote (Hart rest, Heralls powder measure and press, powder etc....)
I had a beautiful PGW br rifle Right bolt left port with a blackstar barrel barber stock and weaver 36t scope. I never replaced the br stuff, got really jerked around by the insurance company. It the only time firearms registration worked for me as they couldn't say that I didn't own the rifles.
Actual Damage to the barrel ?
I was wondering if their was anything that everyone would suggest staying away from during cleaning? Or break-in? Besides loss of life and cleaning components is their anything that could prove damaging to a new barrel? In this case I am thinking of sporting rifles but I would appreciate opinions for higher quality barrels too.
I was wondering if their was anything that everyone would suggest staying away from during cleaning? Or break-in? Besides loss of life and cleaning components is their anything that could prove damaging to a new barrel? In this case I am thinking of sporting rifles but I would appreciate opinions for higher quality barrels too.
Cheap cleaning tools are bad news. Use high quality coated rods, use high quality bore-guides and let the gun tell you when it needs to be cleaned. Be very careful of the crown... Leeper calls me silly, but I never drag anything back across a crown. My barrels are one-way streets for everything.
That one question will get you 3457 different answers from 3458 different people.
I am particularly fond of Hoppes #9 Powder Solvent (smells awesome) and I was using Sweets 7.62 but have switched to industrial grade ammonia for removing copper fouling (it also does a fantastic job on carbon fouling as a bonus).
Dewey coated rods are all I use and brass wire bronze brushes (also made by Dewey). Not to be confused with the aluminum thread with steel wire bronze brushes made by Kleen Bore et al.
Some will say (such as Obtunded has **I typed my response before reading his comment**)not drag the bronze brush over the crown (push through and remove the brush before removing rod from the bore) but I have seen no detrimental effects of doing this with my rifles thus far.
