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Barrel break - in ??? What do you do ???
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<blockquote data-quote="PartsJr." data-source="post: 2040160" data-attributes="member: 87242"><p>I've only gone through the barrel break in process with 4 rifles. Two are custom barrels (1 Lilja .243ai and the other is Brux .280ai) and the other 2 are factory barrels (Rem. .25-06 and an AR15 .223). I don't know whose method this is, but this is my procedure.</p><p></p><p>1) start with clean barrel</p><p>2) shoot one round (cup & core bullet... avoid mono or soft copper bullets until after barrel break in is complete).</p><p>3) two or three wet patchs (shooters choice or equivalent) to remove/loosen carbon.</p><p>4) run wet bronze brush through bore (using bore guide) from action end around 10 strokes.</p><p>5) patch out dry.</p><p>6) run wet patch of copper remover and let sit for 10 minutes.</p><p>7) if 1st dry patch comes out blue repeat #6 until it doesn't.</p><p>8) shoot another round and repeat #3-7 until I get ten rounds down the barrel</p><p>9) shoot 2 or 3 shots and repeat the process.</p><p>10) after 20-30 rounds I'll start shooting 5 rounds and clean.</p><p>11) I let the barrel tell me when to start increasing my round count before cleaning.</p><p></p><p>I don't do volume shooting. I might shoot up to 20-30 rounds at the range. When I go home and clean I follow process 3 - 6. I hardly ever get any copper fouling anymore and I'm done cleaning my rifle in 5-15 minutes depending on if I use the copper solvent.</p><p></p><p>I chose to try the tubbs final finish lapping bullets on my 24" AR barrel. It cleans up very fast now and the gun shoots MOA and often better. This is my only experience with tubbs and I am satisfied with the results. I think it sped up the barrel break in process on this gun.</p><p></p><p>My factory Win. M70 purchased when I was young and didn't know anything about cleaning was never properly broken in just shot and oiled and put away. It shoots quite well but fouls quickly shooting soft Barnes bullets and accuracy seems to drop off slightly after about 10 rounds and then I'll take it home to clean. This gun fouls so bad it will take 45 minutes or longer to get the copper out.</p><p></p><p>My semi custom Rem. .280ai w/Brux barrel on the other hand, I can shoot 20 - 30 rounds (soft Barnes bullets) take it home and clean it and have zero copper fouling. This gun I can clean in 5-15 minutes as mentioned before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PartsJr., post: 2040160, member: 87242"] I’ve only gone through the barrel break in process with 4 rifles. Two are custom barrels (1 Lilja .243ai and the other is Brux .280ai) and the other 2 are factory barrels (Rem. .25-06 and an AR15 .223). I don’t know whose method this is, but this is my procedure. 1) start with clean barrel 2) shoot one round (cup & core bullet... avoid mono or soft copper bullets until after barrel break in is complete). 3) two or three wet patchs (shooters choice or equivalent) to remove/loosen carbon. 4) run wet bronze brush through bore (using bore guide) from action end around 10 strokes. 5) patch out dry. 6) run wet patch of copper remover and let sit for 10 minutes. 7) if 1st dry patch comes out blue repeat #6 until it doesn’t. 8) shoot another round and repeat #3-7 until I get ten rounds down the barrel 9) shoot 2 or 3 shots and repeat the process. 10) after 20-30 rounds I’ll start shooting 5 rounds and clean. 11) I let the barrel tell me when to start increasing my round count before cleaning. I don’t do volume shooting. I might shoot up to 20-30 rounds at the range. When I go home and clean I follow process 3 - 6. I hardly ever get any copper fouling anymore and I’m done cleaning my rifle in 5-15 minutes depending on if I use the copper solvent. I chose to try the tubbs final finish lapping bullets on my 24” AR barrel. It cleans up very fast now and the gun shoots MOA and often better. This is my only experience with tubbs and I am satisfied with the results. I think it sped up the barrel break in process on this gun. My factory Win. M70 purchased when I was young and didn’t know anything about cleaning was never properly broken in just shot and oiled and put away. It shoots quite well but fouls quickly shooting soft Barnes bullets and accuracy seems to drop off slightly after about 10 rounds and then I’ll take it home to clean. This gun fouls so bad it will take 45 minutes or longer to get the copper out. My semi custom Rem. .280ai w/Brux barrel on the other hand, I can shoot 20 - 30 rounds (soft Barnes bullets) take it home and clean it and have zero copper fouling. This gun I can clean in 5-15 minutes as mentioned before. [/QUOTE]
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