Breaking in a new gun

[mossback91]

Dont forget to break in your scope..........

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[whacker1]

Wow, I can't say that I have tried that with any of my guns.  I can hit the target like that, but don't have the gonads to throw on the ground.  I can say that it happens enough while I am in the woods though.  Typically my  ass lands on it though - helps cushion the blow to my ass.

[JoshT]

  I can hit the target like that, but don't have the gonads to throw on the ground. 

If you can pound on steel at 700 yards with 6x glass... I don't reckon you need any help figuring out what to do with a rifle barrel.

[whacker1]

270 shoots good, but never had a need to break in a new gun.  I have this new .300 RUM that has never been shot..... Wanted to make sure that it was treated right.

Now that I know that I need to bounce it off of a rock landing, I will look for a nice spot to bounce it off the ground...

[JoshT]

Gravel drive way should do just fine.

Take it easy on the .300 RUM, especially for the first couple of rounds... I noticed mine tends to heat up really fast, and it's got the big Sendero pipe. I guess that's what happens when you touch off 90-100 grains of powder in a .30 caliber hole. Try the bore paste lapping... it's seriously the best method I've found for 'breaking in'... my .300 RUM fouls very little... but it took about 1000 strokes before I could feel it smoothing up.

[G.R.K]

he has/had a web forum. it might be worth it to post a link to it if you have it.

Here's a link to Stumpy World.
http://asrealasitgets.net/forums/ubbthreads.php/forum_summary.html

[mossback91]

I like stick....Hope he shows up

[Huntbear]

The proper way to break in a new gun/barrel is as follows. 

Clean thoroughly.
Shoot 3 rounds, Clean with a good bore solvent.
Shoot 3 rounds, Clean
Shoot 5 rounds, Clean
Shoot 5 rounds, Clean
Shoot 5 rounds, Clean
Shoot 10 rounds, Clean

Continue till you get to anywhere from 80 - 100 rounds.  Waiting between shots to not overheat your barrel.   

This at least was the procedure recommended by Douglas for their barrels, when I contacted them about 10 years ago. 

I also know guys that handload cast lead bullets and coat them with lapping compound, to help take any burrs or rough spots out of a barrel.

[JoshT]

The proper way to break in a new gun/barrel is as follows. 

Clean thoroughly.
Shoot 3 rounds, Clean with a good bore solvent.
Shoot 3 rounds, Clean
Shoot 5 rounds, Clean
Shoot 5 rounds, Clean
Shoot 5 rounds, Clean
Shoot 10 rounds, Clean

Continue till you get to anywhere from 80 - 100 rounds.  Waiting between shots to not overheat your barrel.  

This at least was the procedure recommended by Douglas for their barrels, when I contacted them about 10 years ago. 

I also know guys that handload cast lead bullets and coat them with lapping compound, to help take any burrs or rough spots out of a barrel.

I think it's a bit un-nearving that a $300 barrel should require all that work just to make it shootable. I got my Liljas... shot a couple rounds through them... cleaned them once to see what I should expect... then treated them normal. But I guess I messed them up... sub 1/2" accuracy is all I get out of my sporter barrels... damn, I should have spent the extra 3 days at the range and $100 in components to do it right!

I think factory barrels can benefit from a little 'break in'... but like I said earlier... I've found JB does a much better job of this than a few bullets down the pipe.

[jackelope]

I like stick....Hope he shows up

he was here, signed up and started posting, and within a couple hours or so was banned for life.

that was quick, thankfully.

[JoshT]

That's 'stickscrimination man....

[jackelope]

i didn't do it.

wait, maybe i did. i don't know.

[JoshT]

Always trying to keep the little people down... 

[mossback91]

I remeber when stick showed up last time

He must have a dictionary  net to his computer cause I  never knew such a little man could know such big words

[JoshT]

Vertical endowment is not a barometer for vocabularical aptitude, as per the usuall... par for the course.

Yeah... you like that? I got his technical writting handbook from the web site.