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Originally Posted by chuck
I have no time. It gets more elusive all the time. I’ve broken in barrels with the clean, shoot, clean, shoot, blah blah blah. The last 15 years I just shoot a bunch and then clean every so often. My latest barrel is a 6.5 1-8 Benchmark. I shot 20 rounds through it, cleaned it and then shot 80 more. Last night I ran three patches soaked with whipeout patch out and let it sit for 90 minutes. Then I pushed this patch through.
Break them in if you wish. I sure don’t.
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I totally agree. I have never used a break-in procedure on a new barrel ..ever, and I've had quite a few. They all shot as expected and most are still doing it today. I found that not letting a barrel overheat, not shooting excessively hot loads and a reasonable cleaning routine is the best route for maximum barrel life. That and Wipe-Out.