Is my gun dealer overzealous ?

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Hi Ladies and Gentlemen !

I just bought a remington 700 sps in 7mm Rem Mag last week at my local gun shop. The guy at the store told me to soak my barrel with oil before i use it...to prevent rust. Wich I did, just in case he was right ( It makes sense by the way...better be safe than sorry you know). But he also told me to clean the action completely right after each shot...and this for the 10 first shots.

Do you think he is right?
 
No his full of it. I remember reading that you should soak a parkerized barrel with oil to prevent rust (apparently it can rust if it is parkerized) but who knows if its right or not. But cleaning the action completely after every shot is pure and utter bovine scat.
Don't get sucked in to the barrel brake in crap either
 
I think your dealer is wrong. May I suggest the following.

Clean the barrel prior to using the rifle. Put a couple of dry patches through the barrel prior to shooting.

Use some good quality grease on the rear of the locking lugs & wipe down the other surfaces of the bolt with a lightly oiled patch
 
There is a strong following for the idea of barrel break in...

Fire a round, then clean the bore. Repeat for X amount of shots.

Then fire 5 rounds, and clean. Repeat X times.... etc., etc.

Google barrel break in, and you should see supporting ideology.

The only rifle I have tried this with is my wife's 700SPS Tactical, as she is way more accurate a shot than I am, so I figured why not do it the "best" way possible, so that the machine can be at it's "best".

I don't bother with my own rifles.
 
The rough matte finish on the SPS is prone to rust because it can trap moisture. I like to give them a good thick shot of G96 right at the beginning. What can it hurt? Gets the factory packing grease off too.
Some peope like to wipe the grease off the bolt lugs and redo for the first few shots. There is a precedent for preventing galling on newly machined surfaces. We do it a lot on threads that cost more than an SPS but I wouldn't bother with it on a factory rifle with blued bolt and lug recesses. On a freshly blueprinted, clean cut, bare metal, minimal headspace custom action I'd be more prone to give him the benefit of the doubt. I use camshaft breakin lube for that.
I'll vote for senseable precaution on the oil soak, and over zealous with a tiny grain of truth on the action cleaning.
 
Hugo_Stiglitz said:
Hi Ladies and Gentlemen !

I just bought a remington 700 sps in 7mm Rem Mag last week at my local gun shop. The guy at the store told me to soak my barrel with oil before i use it...to prevent rust. Wich I did, just in case he was right ( It makes sense by the way...better be safe than sorry you know). But he also told me to clean the action completely right after each shot...and this for the 10 first shots.

Do you think he is right?
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I think he should go back to working in the appliance department, and this should be in another forum
 
Goose25 said:
And this is in the precision forum because ????
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Well, the question is about a remington 700...wich is a precision rifle

But you're right the post could have been in another section since the issue is not about the precision itself

I don't think it is totally inappropriate, doe. Some people might find it useful
 
Hugo_Stiglitz said:
Hi Ladies and Gentlemen !

I just bought a remington 700 sps in 7mm Rem Mag last week at my local gun shop. The guy at the store told me to soak my barrel with oil before i use it...to prevent rust. Wich I did, just in case he was right ( It makes sense by the way...better be safe than sorry you know). But he also told me to clean the action completely right after each shot...and this for the 10 first shots.

Do you think he is right?
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Is my gun dealer overzealous ? OverZealous is not the Word you Should Use, Sound like he wanted you to Clean the gun to death, when that happen, go back for another.
 
GunBoy said:
Is my gun dealer overzealous ? OverZealous is not the Word you Should Use, Sound like he wanted you to Clean the gun to death, when that happen, go back for another.
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Thanks for the tip....im french-speaking and this word was the right one to choose in french but online translator are not necessarly the best way to translate sentences I guess :p
 
People have straaaaaange barrel break in rituals. Shooters are just as superstitious as fishermen and sailors. Just do whatever works for you. I don't really believe in the barrel break in thing, a good match grade barrel's that's been hand lapped usually doesn't need it IMO. Other's swear by it and for a factory barrel I suppose I could see the benefit.

Just do what you feel is best, and experiment a little. You'll find your own shooting rituals soon enough.
 
Every new rifle I have owned I took it out and shot it, and none of them have suffered loss of accuracy.The more you push a cleaning rod down the barrel the more wear.That's my theory, and I'm not a gunsmith either.
 
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