Can someone explain the proper barrel break-in procedures on a new rifle?
Clean after every shot or two or three? Is it even necessary? What type of cleaning tools would you use? 1 piece rod or bore snake? What type of cleaning solvent? Sorry if this is a repeat topic.

This always an ongoing subject so check the link to start with some info. http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1213933

It might make a difference with a benchrest rifle, I cannot say. However, for a HUNTING rifle, it is a total waste of time and ammo! Just clean your rifle well after each range session, and it will shoot like this (5 shots, 100 yards, Douglas Premium-grade barrel, 6mm/284, NO special treatment).

Ditto!!

Goodness, here come the experts.

What do you think bigcountry? Can you give me your opinion?

I will do ya better. I will do the search for you on threads where I posted an opinion. Here ya go, all my opinions in the last year alone. You can probably do a search much further back to get maybe 50 more discussions on it. These are just from my opinion. Also do a search on Krieger, douglas, Dan Lilja, Hart, shilen, and many other barrels to get there opinion. Might want to do your own search on remington, browning, maybe sako, and others to see thier opnion. Hours and hours of reading for you my friend.

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barrel break in is purely opinion. I've never read any conclusive data about it.

FWIW it's my opinion that it's pure hooey.

Thanks BC. I've got a lot of reading to do.

Don't even waste your time reading all this crap. I have read everything there is to read on this subject and have not learned a dang thing. The bottomline is, nobody knows and there is no conclusive evidence either way. So, I quit doing the barrel break-in thing and guess what? I havent noticed anything. But, if there is anything I have noticed it is this: My guns that I didnt break-in shoot as good and clean as good as the ones I took all that time to break-in. The new kimber 84m seems to shoot better with every shot between cleanings. Every time I reach for the cleaning kit I hesitate now because of that. I'm kind of afraid to mess it up. So after all the reading and following the proponents of break-in for many years I have tossed it out the window. It just hasnt been worth the time and trouble to either read all that stuff, or follow the break-in instruction.
Good Luck