Quote Originally Posted by scoeri View Post
i am breaking in a new shilen select match barrel. shilen suggests shoot one & clean for the first five. then shoot five & clean for the next fifty. after waiting four months for the barrel i am in no hurry. have plenty of time to clean it. scott
It is not a matter of time spent. It is a matter of necessity. I have read that some barrel manufacturers have suggested this but then admitted it was to get shooters to expend rounds through a barrel so they get shot out faster and replaced sooner, thus selling more barrels.