braking in new barrels

[scott h]

hello all iam new to the forum and was looking through the faq on braking in a new barrels they say to use jb paste. is it bore brite http://www.sinclairintl.com/.aspx/pid=39516/Product/J_B_Bore_Brite  or the bore cleaner http://www.sinclairintl.com/.aspx/pid=39515/Product/J_B_Bore_Cleaner thanks scott

[quickdtoo]

Bore Brite is finer than the Bore cleaner, but will work just as well for break-in/bore lapping, I've used both, less messy than liquids like flitz.

Tim

[oldsoldja]

I rub the inside with lead. 

[Spanky]

I just shoot 'em.



Spanky

[Slowhanddd]

I polish mine out with copious amounts of copper covered lead.Works for me.

[cwlongshot]

welcome!!

Ooh boy, not again!!!
 We had a drawn out thread a short time ago on just this topic. Lots of opinions here, all carry merit. As long as you remember ALL BARRELS are different! This is ESP applicable when cheaper firearms are the topic as our handis are. I seriously doubt many barrels are rejected at least compared to major barrel manufacturers that coupled with the numbers of barrels a manufacturer cuts before a cutter change. Face it a clean, new and sharp broach will cut cleaner rifling than one that has made a hundred barrels. The last barrels cut before cutter change will benefit most from polishing or break in. Ones cut first will need little attention. Since we have no way of knowing when our barrel was cut, its a crap shoot. Rough barrels hold debris and fouling this retards accuracy.
Many on here talk about dirty barrels shooting better than a clean barrel. But many of these same fellows will support barrel polishing. Not many support of feel proper barrel break in is needed.

I do. I look at it this way. It's not difficult and if it works you will be rewarded with a better shooting easier to clean barrel. If it dosent you still gain experience with you gun thru extra trigger time it's a win win. Becareful polishing barrels done wrongly you can ruin a good barrel pretty quickly.

I cannot search and paste well from my phone. But if you search barrel break in or barrel polishing you should find it.

Good luck ,
CW

CW

[petemi]

I just shoot 'em.
Spanky

Me too.  I make sure the latch shelf is dry and just pour 20 to 50 or so  jacketed bullets down the bore.

Ya clean guns when ya can't see nuttin tru da barrel.  It's Da Yooper Law.

Pete

[tjf76]

I just shoot 'em.



Spanky

Thats all I do and never had a problem

[scott h]

thanks everybody in the past i just shot them with no problems. i have read about the jb and thought i would give it a try on my new 357 and 22 hornet barrel that should be coming in the mail next 2 weeks. looks like i got more reading to do this method.  thanks scott                                                           

[gendoc]

I polish mine out with copious amounts of copper covered lead.Works for me.

thatsa bout it fer me too....

[Jimbo47]

I shoot mine also, and I let the barrel tell me when it's broken in by the groups I'm shooting.

Polishing in my opinion is a guessing game and basically you are adding wear to a barrel that may not need it, and a few rounds down the pipe will usually settle it down anyway.

My way of thinking is if you can't get the rifle to group and  you've tried everything else, and you've fired a couple of boxes of ammo with no improvement, then polishing would be a good last resort.

[gcrank1]

+1 that; If it aint broke, shoot it