new rifle break in

[turkey buster]

 I bought a new T/C venture chambered in 22-250 tonight, I have read the owners manual and their are no instructions for breaking in the barrel, does anyone have any suggestions, does it need to be broke in? any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks chuck

[Mossy]

Every gun needs to be broken in.  Plus you have to get it sighted in and have some fun.  Sorry, no specifics for you.

[Harold]

before shooting clean the bore, thoroughly clean the bore and be sure to lube before firing your first shot. dont want to shoot a brand new rifle dry. thoroughly clean the barrel after each of the first 5 shots. after the 5th shot make 5 three round shots and each 3round group thoroughly clean the barrel. alot of people have different opinions but in mine this has always worked the best. happy shooting!

[turkey buster]

thanks Harold, I will give that a try

[bobcat]

I wouldn't do anything special other than let it cool down between groups. I'd do that with any rifle. Clean it when you get home, or whenever you get around to it. I've never cleaned a rifle at the range.

[BlackRidge]

I wouldn't do anything special other than let it cool down between groups. I'd do that with any rifle. Clean it when you get home, or whenever you get around to it. I've never cleaned a rifle at the range.

Thats how I went about breaking in my venture. Just took my time while shooting and cleaned it thoroughly when I got home. Things an absolute tackdriver

[SeaRun1]

Well I bought the same rifle a month or so ago and did what I thought was about the standard break in from my conversations with others.

I clean the gun thoroughly when I first get the gun.  Go through everything and get rid of the grease that comes with the gun.  I also feel like this helps me get familiar with the new gun.

At the range I shoot three shots and then clean the bore.  Shoot three shots, clean etc...  I do this five times and then do two groups of five with a cleaning in between.

The gun shoots really well and it is my first 22-250 so I am impressed with both the gun and the cartridge.

SeaRun1

[SCRUBS]

I wouldn't do anything special other than let it cool down between groups. I'd do that with any rifle. Clean it when you get home, or whenever you get around to it. I've never cleaned a rifle at the range.

Thats how I went about breaking in my venture. Just took my time while shooting and cleaned it thoroughly when I got home. Things an absolute tackdriver

I`m with these guys

[Dan-o]

I'm not trying to offend any of the above advice-posters, but you do not want to ruin your new rifle by taking bad internet advice.

There is no shortcut to a good rifle break-in.

I suggest this method.

Proper Barrel Break-in Procedure

Dan out.

[SCRUBS]

I was waiting for that to show up Dan

[Dan-o]

Couldn't help myself.     


Can you imagine ever doing that to any rifle for any reason?     

[turkey buster]

YA I'll probably not be useing that method but thanks for the input any way Dan-o

[Huntboy]

I don't know if this will help, this is from another forum. Give it a read.

http://www.snipercountry.com/Articles/Barrel_BreakIn.asp

[ICEMAN]

I wouldn't do anything special other than let it cool down between groups. I'd do that with any rifle. Clean it when you get home, or whenever you get around to it. I've never cleaned a rifle at the range.

Thats how I went about breaking in my venture. Just took my time while shooting and cleaned it thoroughly when I got home. Things an absolute tackdriver

My experience too. Clean it before hitting the range. Clean it after the range.

[Alchase]

I wouldn't do anything special other than let it cool down between groups. I'd do that with any rifle. Clean it when you get home, or whenever you get around to it. I've never cleaned a rifle at the range.

Thats how I went about breaking in my venture. Just took my time while shooting and cleaned it thoroughly when I got home. Things an absolute tackdriver

My experience too. Clean it before hitting the range. Clean it after the range.

I agree, shoot it like you intend to use it, lol
Let the barrel cool between groups. Never know anyone to hunt with a warm barrel

[ADAMS]

I've never seen a controlled experiment showing that so called barrel break-in methods have a positive effect.

I broke in a .223 bolt gun once.  It shot beautifully.  What does that mean?  I don't know.  It probably would have shot beautifully had I not broken it in.

[Hyde]

If you do your research, you'll find plenty of shooters who swear by a strict procedure for breaking in a barrel.  I have done it both ways (strict procedure, and no procedure at all).  When I recently took my new 22-250 to the range for it's first shoot, I decided to try a procedure I read about.  What the heck I thought.  I can't exactly remember the sequence, but it went something like shoot 2-3 rounds, and clean extensively with Butch's Bore shine.  It would take 5-6 dry patches before they came out clean.  I did this through a box or so of ammo and sure enough, but the time I was on the last few volleys, the patches were clean with one swipe.  The articles I read point to the initial break in as the most important.  I won't follow that regiment any further with the 22-250, but I will clean once or twice during a normal day at the range, and especially when I get home.  My cleaning sessions would take 3-4 minutes, which provided some cooling time as well.  Of course, when you take the time to do a procedure like that, plenty of guys will come over and ask what you're doing, etc, which offers some additional cooling time between shots. 

I don't have any idea what it all means, but I did see the results for myself.  It does make me wonder though about the old faithful rifles in the family safe that were never cleaned (or rarely at best), and continue to put meat in the pot.