New rifle break in ?

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hello all.
I recently bought my first rifle, a Browning ab3 in a 270 caliber. i was wondering if there is any kind of break in procedure for new rifles ?
thanks in advance
 
My way is fire 1 clean, fire 2 clean, fire 3 clean, fire 5 clean. Lots of people do it different ways. You can check any of the popular barrel makers web sites they have their own ways as well.
 
My way is load up and shoot. Go home, clean, put in safe. Next time out load up, shoot, go home, clean and put away. Repeat steps 1&2 for the years to follow except load up, kill something to eat, go home, clean and put away. Throw in the odd trip to the range now and then. Hand down to the kids when you finally call it quits. :)
 
the spank said:
My way is load up and shoot. Go home, clean, put in safe. Next time out load up, shoot, go home, clean and put away. Repeat steps 1&2 for the years to follow except load up, kill something to eat, go home, clean and put away. Throw in the odd trip to the range now and then. Hand down to the kids when you finally call it quits. :)
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I concur... this has always been what I have done.
 
Never felt the need to strictly follow any break-in procedure for a CF hunting rifle.

- If feasible, carry a variety of ammo in terms of brand selection (since individual barrels will usually have specific preferences).
- Use of color splash target paper is always a great assist.

- With a boresighted scope, start with 2-3 rounds at 50 yards to ensure that you are on paper - adjust accordingly and move over to 100 yards, repeat process.
- IMPORTANT: Bear in mind to pause as long as necessary between each shot in order to allow the barrel to cool down sufficiently.
- Dial in to print 2 inches high @ 100 yards if the intent is to also be able to shoot a bit further. Depending on the cartridge, this will place your POI roughly dead on @ 200 yards.

And yes, you may want to request the Mod to move your thread to the "Hunting & Sporting Arms" Forum. That would enable you to receive further insight and/or if necessary folks could also walk you through the process where any troubleshooting may be warranted.

EDIT: I ought to add, properly clean that new rifle end-to-end (particularly the bore) prior to heading out to the range. Strongly recommend the use of a coated one piece cleaning rod. Always clean from chamber end.
 
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I take it out of the box and clean the bore using a Dewey 1 piece rod.
After that and a good inspection I shoot it with an eye on not getting it too hot nor shooting too fast.
Afterwards I clean, log the shot count(depending on type gun) and put away.
 
the spank said:
My way is load up and shoot. Go home, clean, put in safe. Next time out load up, shoot, go home, clean and put away. Repeat steps 1&2 for the years to follow except load up, kill something to eat, go home, clean and put away. Throw in the odd trip to the range now and then. Hand down to the kids when you finally call it quits. :)
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Yup. Sometimes people go way over-board or in this case lets mis-spell it , over-bored :) My biggest rule for myself is...don' t overheat the bbl. Allow for cooling. With a stainless bbl rifle, I've been told( by industry professionals) many don't even look for accuracy until they have a hundred rds through it.

I've talked to metallurgists about this as well and they concur, what are ppl trying to do by shoot one, clean, shoot one. It has nothing to do with the metal. Now if they are trying to remove imperfections in the rifling, it may have some merit, but there are other ways to lap or fire-lap. I have never had a rifle that required this although some benefit from it. But now we are talking bench-rest type accuracy and most hunting rifles are capable of shooting better than most shooters, right out of the box. You can visit some of the bbl makers sites and see what they recommend but....... good luck finding three that agree.
 
The first round breaks it in after that its all just fairy dust. Never done any type of "break in". Unbox it, clean it, mount scope, load ammo, go shoot the hell out of it, go home while it down with renaissance wax and put it away. I only clean when accuracy drops off.
 
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