I read an article about barrel break in awhile back. They had you shooting one or 2 rounds and cleaning. Than again etc etc. For a 16" Chrome lined Carbine is this important?
The article was promoting match grade Long range shooting?
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I read an article about barrel break in awhile back. They had you shooting one or 2 rounds and cleaning. Than again etc etc. For a 16" Chrome lined Carbine is this important?
The article was promoting match grade Long range shooting?
No need to try to "break in" a chrome barrel. Chrome barrels are not really made for match grade shooting even though some are tack drivers. Some people say barrel break in works and some say it is a waste of time and ammo. I think that it would be a waste of time on a chrome barrel but could possibly work on a chrome-moly barrel.
No break in for chromed barrels.
C4
The proper break in for a chrome lined barrel is.
1. Load one 30 round magazine.
2. Pull trigger until magazine is empty.
3. Repeat steps one and two until all ammo is expended.
i dont even break-in my stainless barrels.
specially if you have the happy switch :D
this is all you need ;)
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/5...ndgunsammu.jpg
+ 1 on just shooting it.
it actually takes longer for the chrome to get to its final shiny goodness if you clean the gun too often in the beginning.
so I use the 'shoot it til its shiny' method! I just run a dry or lightly damp swatch down the barrel to see how its going every once in a while.
Just shoot it, and clean it when you're done.
I've never "broken in" any rifle or pistol I've owned (FYI I've only owned 5 ARs, 3 Glocks and 1 Walther P22). I always see guys at the range shooting a few rounds and then breaking their new AR down shotgun style and running a rod and patch down the barrel.
I don't even give a damn if that's what you're supposed to do, I ain't doing it!
Here's how I "break in" my ARs:
-Buy my brand new rifle, take it home, break it down and clean the factory "gunk" off and out of it, apply lube to all the right places, perform several function tests, see if mags drop free, etc...
-Mount furniture and accessories the way I like them (I usually end up slightly changing those things around after firing it for the first time).
-Go to the range, insert a 20 round Pmag (if I am shooting from a bench rest) of 18 rounds, fire a few rounds into the dirt berm just to get used to the trigger and recoil of that particular rifle, and then I begin zeroing my back up iron sights, followed by zeroing my red dot sight/magnified optic.
-I then proceed to fire anywhere from 150-350 rounds on that first trip to the range at both the 50 and 100 yard lines, breaking my rifle down to run a patch down the barrel a grand total of ZERO (i.e. never) times.
That routine has always worked well for me, but YMMV;)
-Paul