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Old 03-13-2007, 07:14 AM
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ShatoDavis
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Missouri
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Default RE: breaking in a rifle?

You're just wrong. Listen folks having as accurate a weapon as possible is just plain smart. If a Factory gun is all you can afford, then you should do everything in your power to make it as accurate as you can. Take the time to break in a barrel and at the very least you will have a barrel that is easier to clean.

I thoroughly clean a weapon to begin. Then I clean the bore after every shot for the first five rounds. then I clean after every two rounds for another 10 rounds. then I clean after every 5 rounds for the next 50-100 rounds. After that I rarely shoot more than 10 rounds between cleanings. Somewhere around the 50th round down the bore things start to come together. The bore is easy to clean, it doesn't foul with copper nearly as bad, accuracy seems to become more consistant, and Flyers become less prevalent.
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