Originally Posted by
Bernie P.
The best way to break in a barrel is to just give it a good cleaning before the first shot then just shoot it.I generally clean after every 20 shot's or so.JB's good if the rifling is really rough or if you've got a lot of buildup of copper or whatever.IMO some of these "special procedures" I've come acros for breaking in new barrels are a load O'crap.
......... Not pickin' on you or anything, Bernie, but I've found that with a NEW rifle I've had great results by doing as you suggest ... give it a GOOD scrubbing initially.... but here's where we part philosophies.. I use a shoot/clean procedure for a specific number of shots and also a number of rounds between cleanings. I may be a little anal about it, but since I've been doing this, I have had extremely good luck with "out-of-the-box" guns shooting great... and that's a different bunch of brands too.
........ My solvent of choice for this work is Butch"s Boreshine.
, but hey... do what you think works best...