Barrel break in?

[Auburn1992]

Hi,

I bought a Remington XR-100 that I will be shooting for the first time either tomorrow or Saturday. I was wondering about the proper barrel break in procedure.

What I was going to do was wipe the bore down before shooting; shoot one shot, run boresnake through it, run one wet patch and one dry patch (repeat for 10 shots; wait three minutes in between shots); Shoot five rounds, run boresnake and one wet and dry patch, repeat once.

After that I thought it would be fine.

I have two questions though, what would you change about this procedure?

Will a boresnake work properly followed by one wet & one dry patch, or shout I just go cleaning rod all the way?

 

[rero360]

Heres what you do, first run some patches through to ensure its clean, then buy as much ammo as you can afford. Next, shoot all the ammo, once you've shot all your ammo and you're still poor, clean it then go work to make more money to buy more ammo.

rinse lather repeat.

 

[tbtrout]

Break in is a myth, shoot it, clean it, enjoy it.

 

[JesseL]

I agree with tbtrout and Gale McMillan.

http://www.6mmbr.com/GailMcMbreakin.html

 

[rangerruck]

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=375052

 

[Bartkowski]

Finally, people are starting to say break-in is a myth. Usually it is 50/50 saying break it in or don't.

 

[skinewmexico]

It's not over yet..

 

[KI.W.]

I was breaking in T/C Contender .223-carbine barrel like Kevin Steel (Guns & Ammo) was teaching. It takes only 6 hours.

 

[USSR]

I agree with tbtrout and Gale McMillan.

And I agree with the precision rifle shooters and all the other barrelmakers who disagree with Gale McMillan.

Wow, only the 4th and we've had two barrel breakin posts already in July.

Don

 

[moooose102]

shoot 400 1/2 load rounds, then 400 3/4 load rounds, then 400 regular rounds, then, it will be your wallet that is broken in, not your barrel ! if you had to break in a barrel, there would either be special bullets*, or a place to change the oil and filter!

* but there are special bullets, midway, among others carry them. they are called tubb's bullets. designed and marketed by david tubb. they are quite controversal. some say they work, others say they ruin a barrel. there are a series of progressivly finer abrasive bullets that you fire through the gun. how many ruined rifle (or pistol) barrels have you heard of by normal shooting? are you willing to take the chance?
i must admit, the advertiseing for these bullets does intrigue me. but the only way for an average joe to know if they really make a difference is to buy 2 identical sequential serial numbered guns, and run regular bullets through one, and the tubbs bullets through the other. cleaning at the same rate, keeping the cool down time the same, etc., etc. . then after a couple of hundred rounds, and a very thourough cleaning of both guns, run 10 rounds through each of them to do a side by side comparison of both rifles. if one grouped considerably tighter than the other, then you would know if it was worthwhile or not. if the tubbs grouped better, i would say they were good. if it was the other way around, i would think the opposite. actually, to be certain. you should probably do a 10 round test fire immediatly out of the box (of course after an initial cleaning) on both guns, that way, you could see if the groups tightened or opened up also.
but for me, i will just shoot em.

 

[Auburn1992]

Would a boresnake be sufficient for cleaning the barrel or go old-school and do bore brush and patches?

 

[kcmarine]

I'm fourth generation don't give a ****. Just go have fun with it. If you're that nervous about it, do it. I just think it'd be a real P.I.T.A. to do.

 

[W.E.G.]

I don't "believe in" barrel break in.

Its your rifle. You should do what you think is best.

At least one thing is for sure.
Cleaning a rifle - in moderation - and done correctly - usually won't hurt it any.

 

[USASA]

Me neither.

 

[DnPRK]

Break in IS a myth. Shoot, clean, enjoy.

 

[RevolverMan567]

i have an Xr100 in 223.

My barrl break in was

buy ammo,

clean gun,

shoot gun alot.

clean gun

rinse and repeat,

it will do .3's all day if i do my part, it has a good barrel or it doesn't

shoot it and enjoy it. what caliber is it? are you loading for it or buying ammo?

 

[sigma 40ve]

Here is how I break in every rifle I own---check to make sure the bore is unobstructed, take it straight to the range and shoot it. All the rifles I own are regular production, albeit new or mil-surp. IMO, if a rifle has to be "pampered" the first few shots , it's not worth having. Steel versus brass/lead, which is softer?

 

[kcmarine]

^^^^^^^^^^^^

You win one interwebs.

 

[Coronach]

I don't know if break in is a myth or not. All I know is that if it does exist, it is such a small factor that only benchrest or other precision applications could possibly bring it out.

For 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of us, you buy the gun, clean it once and you shoot it normally. When you're done, you clean it and put it in the safe.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Mike

 

[Coronach]

I don't know if break in is a myth or not. All I know is that if it does exist, it is such a small factor that only benchrest or other precision applications could possibly bring it out.

For 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of us, you buy the gun, clean it once and you shoot it normally. When you're done, you clean it and put it in the safe.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Mike

 

[Coronach]

Apparently I am bump-firing.