Breaking in my new encore

[22lyons]

Finally ready to take my new 50 cal ML to the range.  What have you found to be the most important thing about breaking in a new barrel?

I just go the 25 acp conversion set up and have several different bullets and trying both tp7 loose powder and pellets to find the right load.

Thanks,

22lyons

[Semisane]

The most important thing?  (Though now quite in the vein of your query.)   RECORDS!  RECORDS!  RECORDS!

Once you start playing with a few different bullets styles/bullet weights/sabots/powders/powder weights/primers, etc., your memory goes south.  Write it all down and hang on to it.  Sometimes you see a pattern starting to show up that will lead you in the right direction.  At the very least you'll avoid repeating things that didn't work.

[Redhawk1]

I just shoot it and clean it after about 5 shots, I then run a patch with bore butter down the barrel. When I am done shooting for the day, I clean it and run a patch with break free followed by a patch with bore butter.

I think bore butter is good for seasoning a barrel.  JMHO.