Quote Originally Posted by Damon555 View Post
No amount of "break-in" will break the barrel in any better than just shooting it. Don't waste your time, money and ammo.
I thought the whole idea of 'break-in' was to smooth a freshly cut barrel and it's chamber.
Shoot a couple shots, knock down some burrs, clean out the copper that the burrs collected and so on until the barrel doesn't copper so bad.
I realize quality barrels do not need this, but I think mass produced rifles may and sometimes do.