Question on breaking in my new 10fp

[deadly50bmg]

Its funny...I mean I really get to laughing when I read some of these posts! People think that a Chunk of metal moving at 3000fps down the barrel with a plasma charge following shortly thereafter is less abrasive than some type of cleaning solvent with a cleaning patch.

You goofballs, Take a razor and try to cut a bullet with it....Now take those HORRIBLE solvents used to supposedly dull the rifling and a new razor. now use that new razor and try to cut a patch with that Horrible solvent or compound on it. Got that?... Good.

Now your at the final part of the experement. check out the blades leading edges under magnification. Which one is more dull?

The answer should be obvious without even looking. Its the one that tried to cut through metal.

Thus proving that Unless your using a very highstrenth Sulfuric Acid or something as a solvent; the bullet causes far more wear to your bore that a nice soft cleaning patch. It just ceases to amaze me that people think a piece of cotton or like material is more abbrasive than metal to metal.

I'm Not intending to get under anyones skin...Just throwing something out there for the rest of you to think about. Maybe next time you buy a new rifle you'll think twice about just "firing away".

 

[CZguy]

When did you last wash it?

Wash it That would break the lucky streak. (no pun intended)

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Wash it That would break the lucky streak. (no pun intended)

Here I was, just thinkin' about fixin' me lunch, and you post that.

 

[R.H. Lee]

From the Krieger Barrels link:

Stainless Chrome moly
5 one-shot cycles 5 - 25 - one-shot cycles
1 three-shot cycle 2 - three-shot cycles
1 five-shot cycle 1 five-shot cycle

I heard it also helps to chant the Apocrypha backwards in Greek while you're following these directions.

Hey, who am I to interfere with anyone's OCD?

 

[deadly50bmg]

I guess I'd better try the Apocrypha chanting technique.

Oh yea and what OCD?

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or Oval Cock Disease.

I meant a bird so don't erase it

 

[Dain Bramage]

Hmmm. Let's see what Savage has to say about the matter. From the Savage Arms site FAQ:

Q. What is the barrel break-in procedure?

A. Although there may be different schools of thought on barrel break-in, this is what Precision Shooting Magazine recommends:

STEP 1 (repeated 10 times)

* Fire one round
* Push wet patches soaked with a powder solvent through the bore
* Push a brush through the bore (5 times in each direction)
* Push dry patches through the bore (2 times)
* Push wet patches soaked with a copper solvent through the bore
* Push a brush through the bore (5 times in each direction)
* Push dry patches through the bore (2 times)
* Push a patch with 2 drops of oil through the bore

STEP 2 (repeated 5 times)

* Fire a 3 shot group
* Repeat the cleaning procedure from STEP 1 after each group

STEP 3 (repeat 5 times)

* Fire a 5 shot group
* Repeat the cleaning procedure from STEP 1

They recommend the use of a patch with 2 drops of oil after the cleaning so that you are not shooting with a dry bore. It is also advisable to use a powder solvent and copper solvent from the same manufacturer to be sure they are chemically compatible.

 

[Werewolf]

From the Savage Web Site:

A. Although there may be different schools of thought on barrel break-in, this is what Precision Shooting Magazine recommends:

Note that Savage just references Precision Shooting Magazine. They don't really say one way or the other whether or not the procedure actually accomplishes anything.

For benchresters who measure success in 10ths of an inch I for one will not say the aforementioned break in procedure isn't worthwhile (I'll doubt it though).

But for the rest of us just punching paper or hunting that procedure is pure tee overkill. Clean the barrel then shoot it. Clean it when done shooting it. You'll be fine.

 

[pokey074]

I have a Savage 10FLP in .308. I followed no "break in" procedure other than cleaning the barrel before shooting it the first time and cleaning it after every shooting session. Said rifle has shot a .45" three-shot group at 100yds and has hit a man-sized target at 1000yds. Based on my experience barrel break in procedures are unnecessary. YMMV.

 

[warth0g]

I just got a new barrel for my rifle, and this is what I did:

One shot, Clean with powder-solvent, then with copper-solvent, and finaly with breakfree CLP. reapeat 20 times.

Then I shoot 2 strings with 5 shoots, with the same cleaning procedures in between.

This I feel is good. Maybee it is to much, Maybee its to less, but after reading threads like this, manufacturers advice,listening to other people at the range, the gunsmith who made the barrel change, this procedure is what I did! It Gives me peace of mind, I have done what I can to make the rifle as accurate as it can be...

It took me about 3 hours to complete this. the barrel got to get cold in between all shoots fired.

warthog

 

[Werewolf]

It Gives me peace of mind,

And that friends sums up this whole debate in a nutshell.

Whether or not a breakin is necessary is really machts nichts. If some do it and some don't it ain't no sweat off of either's behinds but if it makes them feel good about their stuff then that is what counts.

Be HAPPY... don't WORRY...