I belong to shooters forum that have a lot of experienced long range shooters, and they are knowleagable, but I think some of them go to the extrememe regarding gun care. Some of them say that the 3 piece cleaning rods ruin the chamber and crown of a rifle, and that the 3 piece cleaning rods should be outlawed because they are so damaging to a rifle. Okay, I agree that a 1 piece cleaning rod would probably be better, but how in the heck can a brass 3 piece cleaning rod damamge hardened metal? I guess they have just made me paranoid and I was wondering what you guys do. All of those guys say a boresnake is the way to go, but have you felt of the gritty crystals in the middle of a boresnake? They feel like the material on a course grinding disc. If that was drug over part of the chamber bore, I would think that would do way more damage than a brass cleaning rod. I have been using brass cleaning rods my entire life and if I have ever damaged a rifle with it, I was not aware of it.
So on to barrel break in. I have a new Savage 12F low profile varmint rifle, and will be taking it to the range soon, weather permitting. The guys on the other forum say to shoot 1 time, cool down, and clean for around 10 shots, then every five shots up to around 30 shots. I suppose this could help smooth the bore and help copper build up later in the life of the rifle, and I will probably go that route just to make sure. So how many of you guys break in the barrel of a new rifle? In the past, I have taken new guns to the range and just started burning lead getting them sighted in, and really didn't think about cool down, and barrel break in. None of my guns have ever shot flyers, and they all seem to last as long as anybody elses.
So what are your thoughts?
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