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Mike_McGuire
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Re: Breaking In New Rifle
25/09/07 07:04 PM

You can and will get lots of disagreement on "breaking in" BUT everyone will agree that the barrel of a new rifle should be cleaned before shooting so as to remove the greases/oils etc that the factory put in the barrel.

As to following shots I do the following:

If the barrel is stainless I fire a few shots then:

Clean out the powder fouling with Hoppes and brush or similar then dry out the Hoppes and then with a patch on the ramrod put Sweets 7.62 into the bore. Leave for about 5 minutes. Dry out the Sweets and the patch will probably have a bluis green colour, then run Hoppes through the bore and then dry out the Hoppes and then shoot again. I might repeat this every 5 shots or so for about 20 shots.

Don't leave Sweets in for too long and don;t shoot the rifle without removing the Sweets.

If the barrel is Chrome Moly I only clean powder fouling out after I have finished shooting, depending on calibre and number of shots. I don't bother cleaning copper fouling out of Chrome Moly barrels as I think it is better left there. Others will disagree. If the calibre is small but has a larger case capacity such as 22/250, 243, 257 Wby etc them I might clean the powder fouling out after 20 shots or so. For big bores with small capacity for the bore size such as 375 H&H, 458 Win I would only clean out the barrel after I finish shooting.

Having said of all that the vital thing is to clean out the factory barrel protection before shooting.

After you have fired 3 or 4 shots tighten the action screws. The front screw shoul be tightened quite hard and the rear screw not tightened up to much.....somewhere between being "nipped up" and very tight.

Mike

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Breaking In New Rifle	AussieHunter	25/09/07 04:32 PM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Ripp	16/12/07 01:26 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Tatume	16/12/07 02:33 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Ripp	16/12/07 05:40 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Nakihunter	16/12/07 10:28 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	KM4	20/12/07 05:34 PM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	9.3x57	21/12/07 01:09 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Ripp	21/12/07 03:56 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Huvius	21/12/07 02:44 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	JabaliHunter	21/12/07 03:17 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Ripp	16/12/07 11:12 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	GoneShootin	16/12/07 02:09 PM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	zimhunter	26/09/07 06:32 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Tatume	26/09/07 07:30 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	xausa	26/09/07 08:10 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Tatume	26/09/07 10:15 PM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	zimhunter	27/09/07 01:50 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Ripp	15/12/07 12:53 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Tatume	15/12/07 01:10 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Ripp	15/12/07 01:28 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	gryphon	15/12/07 06:38 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Nakihunter	15/12/07 10:25 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Ripp	15/12/07 12:03 PM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	DarylS	15/12/07 05:58 PM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Ripp	16/12/07 05:32 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Ripp	16/12/07 12:44 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Bramble	15/12/07 12:01 PM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	jro45	15/12/07 12:42 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	xausa	26/09/07 04:46 AM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Ripp	25/09/07 10:04 PM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	Mike_McGuire	25/09/07 07:04 PM
Re: Breaking In New Rifle	AussieHunter	25/09/07 08:19 PM

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