I'm about to buy my first brand new rifle and was wondering if I should break in the barrel. I'm only going to use it for hunting
Clean it before install, or after install, then shoot it and be happy.
Barrel break ins are marginally beneficial at best. I may shoot a few rounds, and then run a patch down it, but really I don't think it does anything at all. Shoot it and have fun. Cleaning is NO FUN!!
Thanks for the advice
I have tried many of the methods out there and cannot find a proven difference to any of them. I think barrel quality has more to do with it than break in. One of my first Savages was a 12FV in 308, and I had no knowledge of break in at that time and just popped it out of the box, ran a patch, mounted the scope and headed to the range. Been a consistent 1/2 MOA gun and it shoots to POA regardless of warm or cold bore, it has accounted for many deer out to 500yds for me.
204, 22 K-Hornet, 222, 223, 22-250, 22-250AI, 6BR, 243, 243AI, 6-06, 6-WSM, 250-3000AI, 270, 7-08, 7RM, 30BR, 308, 30-06, 375 H&H, 444 Marlin, 450BM, 458WM
Shoot it. If accuracy gets better down the road, attribute it to your increasing skill!
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