I just got to thinking, on CF rifles there is a barrel breakin process that takes place. A lot of CF rifles never get to that 100 shot mark that is really considered a broke in barrel because for the most part the gun is bought and shot very little because of the hunting situations. Well, I got to thinking, on a muzzle loader barrel, is there really a number when a barrel starts to really get to that "break in" stage? All I know is that the more I shoot my Mountaineer the better it seems to be getting. I have a few shots though it now and a couple of kills. I went out to the range just to shoot a little this morning getting ready to head to Texas and the gun just seems to be shooting better groups than it did in early November, and I have probably 25 more shots through it. Just curious what some of you think about muzzleloader "break in" on these barrels. This is more to the inlines I guess than the smoothbores.