also should i use top grade amo when doing this or will surpluss ammo be just fine. f u cant tell this is my first center fire rifle and i just dont want to mess anything up

Any ammo will do. But while your at, it might as welluse good ammo to see if the gun has promise.

thanks aot you guys. cckdo you use a brush at all when you break in your gun with the way you do it?and also how often do i have to have to re break in a gun. or do you have to ever do it again?and for the people shooting savages with the ss barrel how many time can you normally shot before u start sacurfcing accuracy after breakin in the barrel. i am wanting to shoot at praire dogs with it this spring. am i going to have to clean it after ever 10 shots or so?
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btt

I don't think there is any such thing as rebreaking in a gun. Once the tooling imprefections are gone, thats it.

There are a few pitted barrels or barrels with rough throats you can hand lap carefully to try to get to shoot again, but once you reach that stage, usually its too late.

thanks bigcountry. so shouldi use a brush or not when breaking my gun in, and after its broke in how many shots (on an ave) will it shoot before start sacurfcing accuracy? im just trying to know all i can about this stuff. its interesting thank s guy for all your help so far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeff Smith

You might have to use a brush. I have been using Sweets copper removal and if I can't get out all the copper in a few cycles, I switch to a brush.

As far as how many rounds, with a 308, should be way up into the 1000's. Most things that start affecting accuracy with that round will be the cleaning. Alot of people, myself included end up over the life of a rifle hurt the throat or things like that by bumping the cleaning rod in the throat. Or hurt the crown over a few hundred cleanings. But a 308 is hard to burn out. When you get up into the 300RUM's or weatherby's is when you have to worry about accuracy going south due to burnign out the barrel.

I highly suggest people get a good once piece coated or carbon cleaning rod and a boreguide. These things minimize the wear and tear on the barrel.

Also for regular cleaning might want to look to cleaners like Wipeout or a good copper cleaner.