Breaking in a new .308

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Hey guys,

I've just started to break in my new Remington 700 XCR LR Tactical in a .308, but i've been doing so in temperatures between 0 & -15. Was just wondering if the temperature would have any affect on breaking in the barrel?
 
I can't see that temperature would have any effect on the claimed benefits of barrel break-in. That being said its a fairly controversial subject anyways and for a factory barrel I would probably just start shooting it hehe. :sniper:
 
Just shoot the thing and forget the barrel break-in. It won't make a lick of difference to anything except your ammo budget. There is not one credible piece of research that has supported or quantified barrel break-in in any positive way.

Chances are however that if you are working up a load, you will need to tweak it for warm weather shooting.
 
Obtunded said:
Chances are however that if you are working up a load, you will need to tweak it for warm weather shooting.
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Just a question, I imagine the winter will cause the bullet to lose speed faster (due to denser air). Assume a person has a winter load complete, a summer load should use less powder? Or do I need to re-work the whole load from the start?

Sorry about hijacking the thread.

S.
 
Shoot and clean it when you get home. Cold weather shooting: Let it acclimatize for about an hour with the bolt open with a fan on it. (propped in a corner works well.)

Don't over think or over clean, the gun will outlast you if you don't abuse it. It's that simple.
 
What! No shoot once and run some Emory cloth soaked in snake oil down your barrel umpteen times after each shot to make it shoot better? What is this world coming to.:rolleyes:
 
well, what i've been doing, and will continue to do (cause I have the time), shoot 5 rnds. with 2-3 mins between each shot, then clean, and keep doing so until the blueish/greenish colour disappears. then when it does just start shooting normally. So i'll keep doing it cause it can't hurt and like I said I've got the time.

But thanks again for your guys suggestions
 
Mayby I should have specifies, 5 shots, clean, 5 shots clean, and keep doing so until the greenish or blueish colour disappears. I was told it take aprox. 20rnds. Im at 15 but was told it could take from 80 to 100 rnds. before the rifle finally started to settle down.

But if anybody has some different ideas, I would like to hear them
 
With a facory barrel you are probably always going to get *some* copper foulding, so the blue patches will probably never totally stop. It may or may not decrease to a certain extent, but I would be supprized if it totally stopped.
 
I categorize barrel break-in along with unicorns, minotaurs, gargoyles, etc. Others believe differently, and that's OK. Makes sense to check the load again in warm weather to see if it shoots any differently, but I wouldn't be building winter and summer loads...unless I had plenty of surplus time and found that process entertaining. That's just me of course, and my interest in shooting is primarily from a hunting perspective.

P.S. OOPS! The above comments were made before I realized I was in the "precision rifles" forum... not where I intended to be, nor where I thought I was. I'm definitely out of my realm here!
 
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