Breaking a new barrel

[bri2506]

I have just ordered a couple of sako 85s. A .204 and 22/250. Does anyone have any rituals for running in new barrels.

 

I ve been told one shot then clean for 20 rounds should be enough, or do my normal trick of sighting it in, then clean every 10 rounds.

 

Also is there such a thing as rounds that polish the bore.

 

And im struggling to find some brass for the 204 ruger, any ideas

[tulkyuk]

I was told,

Clean after every shot for the first 10 rounds, then clean after five shots for the next 20 rounds and then clean after ten shots for the next 20 rounds,

Then Clean at your normal routine.

[baldie]

I always advise customers to run a barrel in. Its an age old argument for and against. All i can say is that i personally have never had a bad barrel that was run in properly. Match grade custom barrels require very little if any. Factory barrels require running in. I shoot and clean every round for the first 5. Then every two rounds for another ten. Then every 5 rounds up to the 50 round mark. All this takes is a couple of hours of your time, and rightly or wrongly, ensures that the barrel has the best start in life.

I would steer clear of the rounds [marketed by david tubb of all people] that "polish" the bore. A bullet coated in abrasive is the very last thing i would ever put down a barrel.

.20 brass shouldn,t be hard to find ? anyone dealing with midway or hannams can get it.

Think yourself lucky, i had one of the very first .204,s in the UK, and there was no brass in the states, never mind here. I had to fireform it from its parent case...the .222 magnum.....and that stuff is like rocking horse crap.

[sauer]

i did what Russel Gall told me to do

 

1st 5 shots ..shoot 1 clean

 

then every 5 shot then clean

 

do this up to yer 1st 50 rounds and barrel will be fine

 

must say tho....never had a barrel require so little in rodding with patches to be clean!!! brush dipped in solvent then the next 3 patches and 3rd one is almost spotless!!!

kreiger ....im a liking so far!!! heheheheee

 

sauer