Aren't Proof barrels hand lapped?
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“You must break in your barrel!” Really?
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Originally posted by trophy8 View PostDon’t know. But several high end barrel makers hand lap and still say to do a break in.
I would at least do what you did to see if a high end barrel even needed it.
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Originally posted by trophy8 View PostDon’t know. But several high end barrel makers hand lap and still say to do a break in.
Most barrel manufacturers don’t say to break in their barrels….but people keep asking them for it so they list a break in procedure in for the process.
Your gunsmith who does the chambering is usually the weak link. How they finish the cut transition can be horrible sometimes. Bore scopes are cheap now, everyone should have one IMO.
Nice shooting.
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If'n I put on a Krieger single cut rifled and factory hand lapped barrel I would not think it would require any sort of break-in. Now a mass produced cheap factory button rifled or hammer forged barrel would be different approach depending on how it shot the first 5 rounds. Some of these mass produced barrels have some horrible looking stuff inside the bore. A top quality bore scope is your friend. One that can put the image on a big laptop screen in high resolution. And yes there are some improper cleaning materials and methods that can hurt a good barrel so you need to see what's in there first.
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I never ordered a barrel before until i rebuilt my late fathers Savage 110 7Mag thats older than me (32). Got a Shilen medium contour SS barrel and had it cerakoted. Shilen told me to do a 50 rd break in. 1 shot, run bore snake, repeat for 5 rounds. Then 5 shot group, run bore snake, repeat to 50 total rounds.
Idk if it did anything or not, but it sure shoots good.
3 shots at 100 with basic factory Norma Whitetail 150g
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Originally posted by trophy8 View PostThen the magic happened. I decided to put it on paper at 200.
3 shots. .09” at 200.
Don’t need no stinking break in. Load em and launch em!
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Kidding. i don't break them in either.
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Good shooting! I never break in barrels. They will either shoot or tweak the load to shoot. I was at one time that guy that compulsively cleaned my barrels but have determined that's not needed either. I'll clean every 200 rounds or yearly. Some barrels shoot better clean, some like to be dirty
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