did my break in method reduce overall accuracy??

[pattycr125]

I got a new rifle recently, a 30-06
heres what i did to break it in

before firing:
boresnake x2
light oiled patch

shot once then bore snaked with oiled bore snake

shot twice then bore snaked- repeated x5

shot 3-4 times then bore snaked- repeated x3

i only fired around 20 rounds so its still not totally broken in
i know this isn't the recomended break in method but better than no break in i'm sure, i'm just curious

the gun is a savage edge so i'm not going to worry to much although i know they are capable or pretty good accuracy, i just hope i didn't ruin that?

 

[dale9805]

no harm done just a lot of unneeded work in my opinion. here's my break in-
go to the range and shoot the rifle as much as i want-go home and clean the gun.
20 people could go by the same gun and do any of the foolish break in procedures at the end of the day all the guns would perform the same (given they were the same at the start)

 

[pattycr125]

ya i have heard many different methods but most of them seem quite ridiculous. unless maybe your rifle is a several thousand dollar competition rifle.

 

[hend238]

I have found in the past that one advantage of going through the trouble of breaking in a barrel is that copper fouling is much easier to remove. I've proved it to myself time and again. But if you aren't the type who cares about removing every trace of copper I wouldn't be too concerned about barrel break in. Just my opinion. One thing I've found with Savage barrels of late is that it takes several hundred rounds for it to start shooting well. I have on of those Savage FClass rifles in 6.5x284 and it took about 300 hundred rounds for the rifle to show any type of real accuracy. One day the rifle just started putting all the shots into nice little clusters at all ranges. So as long as you are careful about your cleaning methods you won't ruin the accuracy potential of your rifle. Enjoy your new toy!