Savage 10 GRS Barrel break in

Hey folk,
I just bought a Savage 10 GRS in 6.5 Creedmoor and contacted Savage Arms to ask them their recommended barrel break in procedure. Check out what they suggested. Seems an over the top procedure. What are others thought?
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.

If your barrel is like my two were, then it will save you a lot of ammo getting the rough spots worn down. I wish I had done it on both of mine.

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Originally Posted by HaloTop

Hey folk,
I just bought a Savage 10 GRS in 6.5 Creedmoor and contacted Savage Arms to ask them their recommended barrel break in procedure. Check out what they suggested. Seems an over the top procedure. What are others thought?
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.

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That is pretty much what savage told me. I can say it work and you will see the groups tighten up just go slow and don't get the barrel to hot or you could go the Tubbs fire lapping route. It works also, ive done both and the Tubbs fire lap takes far far less time.

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To me the first thing to do is clean the barrel well before the first shot. Then move on to whatever you think is right.

I recently broke-in a new Model 10 .308, using a procedure similar to what Savage recommends, and saw immediate improvement after each set.

After about 60 rounds it was grouping much better than it did initially, producing 2 back to back 3-shot 1" groups at 100M with 168 GMM.

Not being aware of the Savage procedure I do a two shot clean, two shot clean routine for forty rounds. Saturday my model 12 VLP .308 first two shot .20 apart, next two .400 apart, next two were basically same hole. All at 100 yards.