New m1a, first time shooting, what to do??

BRONCO1500

April 16, 2002 14:44

what i mean is that i recently got a new m1a. I would like to take care of it since it cost so much. I have always been a "hand gun guy" so this is the first time i will need to break in a barrel.

I have herd things like shoot one bullet then clean for five minutes, then shoot 3 bullets then clean for 15 min.

Im not sure what to do. I have no military experience, and am the only person with a gun that i know. PLEASE HELP!!!

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  GreenLantern

  April 16, 2002 15:23

  If you want to break the barrel in according to military spec check out
  
  http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/23-10/ch2.htm#s1p3
  
  It's for the M24 but I would think the process should be the same regardless of the gun.
  
  I think awhile back there was a thread about breaking-in versus non breaking-in the barrel. I don't remember what the general concensus was.

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  gap1916

  April 16, 2002 17:01

  And above all else have safe fun.

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  TOOLS1

  April 16, 2002 17:26

  A little back I posted a thred Breaking in a new Garand.
  The basic conclusion was that unless I was going to shoot Natinal Match to just clean it real good and go shooting.
  Also I read an artical about breaking in barrels and it said it was started by a custom barrel maker who wanted competion shooters to shoot out there barrels faster so he could sell more.
  TOOLS
  PS did you buy a CAI M1?

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