I juststartedshootinganew Bergara barrel for my Encore(7mm-08) and have only shotfour 5shot groups thru it so far. I've cleaned it(bore snake and barnes bore cleaner) between each 5 shot group(along a good scrubbing before 1st shot). The best I've gotten is about a 1.25" group.

How many shots thru a new barrel before I can figure its broke in and can really start messing with my recipe's and bullet seating. I figure the first 25 or so reallyaren't a good measuring stick. To be honest, Im not sure.How many roundsdo you guys usually put thrua barrelbefore reallyworrying about how it'll do?

I did a search on the process of breaking in the barrel but couldnt tell how many shots before it was ready to judge.