Working in a barrel?

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deke

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Have heard the term "working in a barrel" when you initially fire a new rifle.

Taking my new rifle to the range this weekend and want to ensure that I take this into consideration.

Would like to hear what this actually entails and all the procedures.

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Hi, it's been discussed a few times, try this:

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105835&highlight=breaking

But, my recommendation is that you thoroughly clean the barrel BEFORE you ever shoot through it, just to make sure that there is no factory residue left in it. Use a jag with some good bore cleaner, I don't use brushes if can be avoided. Shoot 5 shots, follow with light cleaning, repeat until the box of cheapo ammo is done. Then shoot as you normally would. You're bound to get a lot of different opinions on this one, but this is what I do.
PS: you'll probably pick up some other methods by doing a search here or googling "barrel break-in"
 
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Broke in my first custom tubes....now I just pound the rounds through 'em out of the gate and clean when they start shooting poorly (had one tube I put nearly 600rounds through before she was cleaned... was/is a tackdriver).

Don't bother... shoot till she pukes and then clean'er up!

280_ACKLEY
 
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