| Tatume |
| (.400 member) |
| 03/07/09 11:49 PM |
Re: How I clean Barrels
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Just as a side note, if you shoot a squatting Rabbit dead center with this load, inside 100 yards. The rapidly expanding bullet, physically rotates whats left of the rodent 180 degrees and lands him on his head!
If you do the calculations, you will be surprised at how unlikely this is.
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Proper breakin merely makes the rifle easier to clean and extends the shooting time before cleaning is necessary.
Breaking in barrels has never been demonstrated to be beneficial. Many people believe in it, and most people believe it will cause no harm.
A before and after test is obviously impossible. The best approximation to a test would be to purchase several barrels from the same batch and treat half of them before comparison. This was done some years ago and the results published in "Precision Shooting." The barrels were each fitted to one benchrest rifle, and were installed and removed during the test. The conclusion was that no difference could be found, in either cleaning, fouling, or accuracy.
Hart, the company that makes my benchrest barrels, has this to say:
Q What do you recommend for barrel break-in?
A We do not believe that a break in procedure is required with our barrels. If you follow our normal cleaning procedure, outlined in this brochure, you should not have any problems with your new rifle. You always want to clean your rifle as often as your course of fire will allow. If you have time to shoot one and clean, that would be fine, but we personally do not feel it is necessary.