Joe L
12-25-2012, 07:57 AM
I only have one AR and one Savage rifle. I didn't do anything special for break in. On the AR, I ran a couple of lightly oiled patches down the new barrel and then went to the ranger, where I fired off 20 rounds at a 100 yards, sighted in the scope, and went home. Ran a couple of patches through the bore, feeling for rough spots, there were none. The carbon came out easily, bore felt smooth, put the gun up. Shot it every weekend for several week. Gun is very accurate. At 150 rounds or so, I cleaned the copper out using Rem 40x, I think. No change. I am going to clean the carbon out every 20-40 rounds and that's it until and if nothing changes accuracy wise. I'm not going to worry about the copper for a while.
On the Savage, just a few patches every 20-40 rounds to remove the carbon and that's it. I don't have many rounds through the gun, but here is the result from yesterday.
http://joelynch.smugmug.com/Firearms/Savage-Model-10-FCP/i-WNngg64/0/M/AA244675-M.jpg
This would normally be 1/2" or smaller but I was still laughing after my daughter-in-law hit a 3" target at 100 yards the first round on her first attempt to shoot the 308. Couldn't get her to shoot a group. She went back to the .22's. What a hoot.
Joe
On the Savage, just a few patches every 20-40 rounds to remove the carbon and that's it. I don't have many rounds through the gun, but here is the result from yesterday.
http://joelynch.smugmug.com/Firearms/Savage-Model-10-FCP/i-WNngg64/0/M/AA244675-M.jpg
This would normally be 1/2" or smaller but I was still laughing after my daughter-in-law hit a 3" target at 100 yards the first round on her first attempt to shoot the 308. Couldn't get her to shoot a group. She went back to the .22's. What a hoot.
Joe