Help with Barrel Break -in
 

There is suppose to be a compound to use for barrel break in that seals the metal and is suppose to help with cleaning, does anyone know what the name of it is??

Where I come from we call it BS. Its cheap and found nearly everywhere.

I have to agree. Other than lapping a barrel not sure what else you'd want to do. Hand lapping is polishing to smooth it all out.

Tom

Please read everything you can find on this topic before using ANY product !!!

http://www.davidtubb.com/finalfinish.html


http://www.rifleshootermag.com/gunsmithing/finish_0723/


IMO - pay a quality gunsmith to hand lap the barrel !!!

Several years ago Smith & Wesson sold a product (manufactured by Action Products, Inc.) called "FRICTION BLOCK" that was sold to seal the metal and make cleaning easier. I still have an old bottle of the stuff. I didn't see any real difference, so I quit using it.

JB's bore paste is good. Not the brightener, but the regular stuff. I use it to slightly lap a new barrel. Its not near as agressive as say jewelers rouge, or other compounds used to lap bores so its hard to screw it up.

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.

This....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRRahHX9Zkg

......... 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...

I also feel that break in procedures are a load of BS, I clean the gun, then at the range I'll clean after the first two or three five shot groups, by then the scope is usually zeroed and then clean every two to three groups. This is my regular regimen when shooting. The only guns I don't do this for are the AK, SKS and AR's. Oh and my handguns of course.