I will never understand for the life of me why people wants to deviate from what a manufacture says to do. I just don't get it. I watch my men that work for me do it every day in various procedures. One of them has a better way or a different way at a job, but they are always inconsistent and I always win. Guess what? I read the stupid directions. And thats why I am the boss. Check out the following. Browning and Remington also about the same thing going on there website. That one article must by McMillian must have really went to the heart of some people. They are believing it like the word of god. It really depends on your barrel and the reaming job they did. As kreiger points out, you should know when the barrel is broken in. Some may be after three shots, others longer. Others longer if they are chomoly, and others if stainless. Common sense, follow the directions.

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