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Old 05-25-2005 | 09:21 PM
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texhookem
 
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From: houston texas
Default RE: break in of barrel

pdougherty i would not worry about it, i highly doubt your gun will be ruined. If it makes you feel any better none of my guns have had any formal break in's and a few of them will shoot an honest 5 shot sub MOA group. What i normally do is put about 3 boxes worth of ammo through a new gun before testing for accuracy. I clean after every 20 shots.

My understanding of the break in process is that you are "smoothing out" any rough edges in the rifling. I think the cleaning is used to prevent copper from building up in any unsmoothed areas of your barrel. It is my belief that guns will not start shooting their best until after some rounds have been put through them to smooth out the rifling in the barrel.
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