I just got a new barrel for my Encore...its the 300 Win Mag. I was wondering if I should do anything special to break the barrel in or just go shooting? Thanks
All I try to do, and have read....is space out yoru shots, don't let that barrel gettoo hot.
I'm assuming its a single shot.....so that'll help space time between your shots.....
If you shoot say groups of 3 with some spacing, then a pause/break between the next set....usually how I operate, since I tend to shoot 3 to sight in.....after that just some spacing between shots.
I've heard you're barrel will shoot better with time up until a certain point....I think after 200 rounds I've read is when your barrel is shooting its best.
I just went through the same thing but it was a Ruger in 25-06....I found that the first time I went to the range I could not group anything, I think I shot a half a box and called it quits. I got home and cleaned the crap out of the barrell. A couple days later went back to the range and found it sterted shooting a pretty descent 3 shot group, I shot 8 3 shot groups and again quit, went home and cleaned the barrel good. I did this two more times and now the gun is shooting great groups and I am fooling around with different factory loads....
The first cleaning on that gun produced some nasty stuff out of the barrel and some type of metal particals, I asked the shop owner about it and he told me that the gun manufacturer's put some type of a thick coating in the barrel's b/c they never know how long a gun will sit on the shelf.....I have read before that guys will shoot 3 shots and clean the barrel but I did not take this approach, I was careful not to get the barrel too hot though...
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production barrels being much rougher than hand lapped custom barrels take longer to break in, some as much as 75-100 shots, so I always shoot them 20 or so rounds, clean, shoot 20-30 rounds clean, then shoot them and clean as needed.
custom barrels, I shoot 1 shot clean, shoot 1 clean, for 5 shots, then shoot 3 shots clean for 5 groups, its done.
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RE: New rifle...breaking-in the barrel?
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I just got a new barrel for my Encore...its the 300 Win Mag. I was wondering if I should do anything special to break the barrel in or just go shooting? Thanks
Well, for starters, make sure you have cleaned the bore out well before you shoot anything thru it. I usually follow the same procedure as Ridge Runner on barrel break in but I add a two-shot sequence between the 1 and 3 shot cleanings. I've been doing this with guns I buy new for some time. It has worked well for me. It is true that some factory barrels are fairly rough, and need a good bit of shooting and cleaning before they will start to shoot decent.
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New rifle...breaking-in the barrel?
