I don't beleave I am asking this
02-05-2009, 05:31 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Location: Staunton,Va
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I don't beleave I am asking this
the 54cal barrel I got for my hawkens. It is the first barrel I'll have to break in since I got my rugar 96/22 (11years ago).
what products to use to help the break in?
do have jb bore paste.
what products to use to help the break in?
do have jb bore paste.
02-05-2009, 05:40 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
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Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
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RE: I don't beleave I am asking this
Powder, patches, balls, percussion caps,and range time. 
Actually, for a new barrel I like to give it afew (4 or 5) passes with a well oiled patch wrapped with #000 steel wool, thenshoot a box of Great Plains conicals and fully clean and oil the bore between each of thosefirst twenty rounds. It's a pain, but I believe (can't prove it) those long conicals hone the bore a little and it willfoul less with such a break in.
Actually, for a new barrel I like to give it afew (4 or 5) passes with a well oiled patch wrapped with #000 steel wool, thenshoot a box of Great Plains conicals and fully clean and oil the bore between each of thosefirst twenty rounds. It's a pain, but I believe (can't prove it) those long conicals hone the bore a little and it willfoul less with such a break in.
02-05-2009, 05:45 PM
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Location: Boncarbo,Colorado
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RE: I don't beleave I am asking this
with that barrel i doubt you will have to do anything to the bore. Mine was smooth. I ran a couple patches wrapped around a bore brush and put some flitz on it. Its like glass inside there now.
