When you get a new Savage, do you go through some "break-in" process ;ie shoot , clean, shoot , clean, ect.ect. OR do you just "load and shoot" not stopping to clean till later / till you get home ??
Can't decide weather to do a short barrel break in to smooth out any machine marks or just go straight to HbN treated bullets.
run a couple dry patches, shoot 5-10, clean it, shoot 150-200, clean it, foul it, load dev....
My break-in process is as follows:
1. Clean bore as soon as I get it home after purchase.
2. Take it to range and shoot the piss out of it until the accuracy starts tapering off or I run out of ammo.
3. Bring it home and give the bore a thorough cleaning
4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 until it's shot out.
5. Replace barrel and repeat steps 1-4.
In other words, I don't believe in all the barrel break-in nonsense.
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Best break in process is killing dinner!!!
Wipe it down. Load ammo. Get it zero'd at 100. Go kill deer. Wipe it down, run a couple patches, repeat next deer season. Ha ha..Originally Posted by txrob5150
From Savage FAQ they offer this:
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.
When I was a green ear. Noob. I let a guy I trusted put a copper brush on a rod in a drill scrub my bore with copper solvent.
It cleaned it and looked good. Shot even better.
Not sure I would go that route now but it worked.
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