tikka t3 break in??

[stout shooter]

hey guys i don't post very often but a read a lot on this site.

i am getting a tikka t3 in 243 stainless lite.

my question is what prep/breakin should i do to start off on the right foot.

Thanks

SS

 

[Guest]

Do a search on barrel breakin. Lots of info and many opionions on this subject.

 

[nowler]

hi stout shooter

clean the rifle well before the first shot!!!

how you clean is up to you.... i use hoppes benchrest on a phosphor bronze brush and let it soak for a while, sometimes for a few days if there is considerable fowling after prolongued shooting. then wet and dry patches until they come out clean.

for break in, i use this method:

1 shot and clean for 5 shots
2 shots and clean for 5 sets of 2
3 shots and clean for 5 sets
5 shots and clean for 5 sets.

ensure that the bore is clean. it should be near enough run in by this point, although it is very dependent on the quality of the bore....

hope this is of some help to you

derek

 

[billflangjr813]

hey guys i don't post very often but a read a lot on this site.

i am getting a tikka t3 in 243 stainless lite.

my question is what prep/breakin should i do to start off on the right foot.

Thanks

SS

Well I have the same gun. I brake all my fire arms in with a good cleaning of 100 time with a brush before I even shoot it. Then a 3 shot group then I clean it again 25 more times then another three shot group setting to zero on it all the time till I've shot a box of shells through it. Then I do my final group for zero at 100 yards, but I hunt in Florida, most of my shots are from 25 to hundred yards. I did shoot a deer last year at 280 yards. I do all my guns the same way three shot group clean it three shot group clean it it's a pain but it works for me. .