Well the time has come, and i' ve obtained a brand spankin' new browning a-bolt composite in 7mmwsm. THis is the first new arm i' ve had. What would you folks recomend for a break in process.? Clean, shoot, cool, clean, shoot exet. to ten or something?
Thanks ak

Try this
1. use a dry mop and some alcohol and clean the bore of factory oils etc.

2. Bore sight the gun

3. go to the range and shoot a three shot group in the matter of two minutes or less.

4. Adjust the scope wait ten minutes and take three more shots.

5. Use a coppersolvent and clean the bore thouroughly.

6. Take a five shot shot group and ignore the first two shots and again adjust the scope. You should be " on" by now unless your gun just hates the load you' re using.

7. Take another 5 shot group and clean the gun

8. Clean every ten rounds until you' ve fired 40 rounds and then every twenty rounds for the lifetime of the gun.

This is a minimum break in routine.....yet it' s a 1000% more than most guns get, and it' s not overkill for something that has no real confirmed value.

Good luck with a fine gun

Good luck with your new rifle!!

let us know how she shoots.

i am debating a composite stalker or BLR myself

Do a search and you' ll find a ton of info on barrel break in. I personally would just clean the barrel and go shoot it, but there are plenty of folks for break in methods and plenty against it.

ngrats on the new rifle bud , and as asked above , let us know how she shoots


quilly ,
what cartridge are you looking at getting ???

The Browning A-Bolt is a great rifle, I think you made a fine choice. Good luck with it!

Thanks vapodog and others, so i went to browning and this is what they said:

Q. What is the recommended procedure for breaking in a new barrel?
A. For the first ten shots we recommend, if possible, using jacketed bullets with a nitro powder load. After firing each bullet, use a good copper cleaner (one that has ammonia) to remove copper fouling in the barrel. We do NOT recommend anything with an abrasive in it since you are trying to seal the barrel, not keep it agitated. If you look into the end of the barrel after firing a shot, you will see a light copper-colored wash in the barrel. This must be removed before firing the next shot. Somewhere in the procedure, around shot 6 or 7, it will be obvious that the copper color is no longer appearing in the barrel. Continue applications through shot 10.


If you have any ammunition left, you then may shoot two rounds and clean it for the next ten shots. This is simply insurance that the burnishing process has been completed.


In theory what you have just accomplished is the closing of the pores of the barrel metal which have been opened and exposed through the cutting and lapping procedures.


The same process may be used with firing lead bullets and black powder to do the break-in procedure with the exception that in this case you should shoot 2 bullets before cleaning for the first 30 rounds. You could use harder lead if available. This will accelerate the break-in. This will accomplish the same thing as the jacketed bullets.

Now i have another question, when they say jacketed they mean copper right?
And what' s a nitro powder?
I have 140gr. balistic silver tips, by winchester. I would assume these would do the trick right?
Thanks again AK