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Breaking in a new gun

Idahobound
Do you need to break in a new gun, and if so how does one do that?

Watch the red dot!!!!
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  • Idahobound
    What are your opinions on breaking in a new gun. I have heard alot of differant steps. what do you do?
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  • Mk 19
    shoot 1 round, clean
    shoot 2 rounds, clean
    shoot 3 rounds, clean, repeat process 5 more times

    then your ready to go.
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  • oldgunner
    I treat it like a gun..Do my shooting, clean it afterwards. I've been shooting since 1948 or so, and the first I ever heard of "breaking in" occurred on this forum. I didn't do it then, don't do it now, and my guns are as good as anyones.
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  • oldgunner
    Hey, if you really and truly feel you need a break in..Listen to Hobbyguy..
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  • Sig220_Ruger77
    I just run a bore snake through mine every 3 rounds(on my bolt actions) and every so many rounds with my .22's and Bushmaster. I then give them a good cleaning when I get home.

    Jon
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  • Idahobound
    I have always just shot it and cleaned them when done. Just wondering if it makes a differance
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  • needmyguns
    ++++1
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  • Wagon Wheel
    big800:

    Some advice from Browning:
    Question # 37
    http://www.browning.com/faq/detail.asp?ID=112
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  • tobefree
    quote:Originally posted by big800
    What are your opinions on breaking in a new gun. I have heard alot of differant steps. what do you do?


    Read the manual....
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  • JustC
    Anyone who does not beleive in a "break in" is most likely an occassional shooter. For Benchrest shooting 90%+ barrels are broken in. It has nothing to do with accuracy, it has to do with abrading away the tooling marks which initiate the majority of copper residue down the bore. If you clean between the first number of shots, it keeps the copper fouling from not allowing the bullet to abrade away the tooling marks. These marks grab copper from the jacket of the bullet when leaving, and deposit it as copper fouling down the bore,..the quicker this fouling builds, the faster a barrel becomes less accurate. The purpose is to keep the copper deposit down so the barrel stays as accurate as possible,..for as long as possible. Accuracy of a barrel can not be changed,..but the period between cleanings can be. That is "break in"
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  • reloader44mag
    quote:Originally posted by HobbyGuy
    I tie a rope to it and drag it down a dirt road behind my truck. [:D]



    Yep, thats how I "break in" my Glocks.[;)]
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  • MosinNagantDisciple
    Sorry for my ignorance, but how is a soft copper jacket supposed to 'abrade away' tooling marks on hardened barrel steel? I'm not a metallurgist, so please enlighten me.
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  • flyingtorpedo
    I look at it the same way I would with a new car. Drive it like you normaly would from the start. I shoot a new gun the way I plan on shooting it after the "new gun smell" is gone.
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  • heliman
    I agree with MK19, except repeat 5 times with each progression from 1 to 5 shots. It's a lot of shooting, but the proper way. SOME custom barrels and high end factory rifles have hand lapped barrels that don't require as much break-in. Hand lapping removes the "machine marks" in the bore, instead of a bunch of rounds going down the bore. Hand lapping is labor intensive and adds to the price of the gun.
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  • Mr. Gunz
    Shoot the f*ck out of it
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  • luvberetta
    Here is some help
    http://www.shooters-supply.com/break_in.html
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  • luvberetta
    +1 JustC
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  • Johnnylikesguns
    I have a great idea for breaking in your new gun.
    Just send it to me, for no charge I will spend several
    years carefully breaking in any GB member's new firearm.

    Deals like this only happen a few times in a lifetime
    don't pass it up!
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