Break-in...?

[gyrfalcon]

guess I'll continue to drink a different cool-aid, take a blue pill or however you want to describe it.
Your lucky to get me to clean my rifles before I see a fall off in accuracy. And that ain't every trip to the range. Hell, my pistols have gone as long as 4500 rounds between cleanings.

Breaking in the barrel on some firearms is fairly pointless and stupid but so is not doing it with others. That's my cool-aid opinion.

[EJSG19]

This issue is about as easy to prove 100% that one method is best, as...

.45 acp is better than .40 short and wimpy and 9mm (it is!)

Glocks are better than 1911's... and everything else (they are!)

Especially since one never has the hindsight to test the rifle in both pre break in and post break in, so there are never conclusive results. Can't even test two identical rifles side by side... we all know each gun is different right?

The best part is, some of the more vocal folks on one side or another don't really know why they think what they think. Its just what they think. Barrel break in, whether it helps or not, can't really hurt anything if done properly. So its good peace of mind. Then at least if your rifle is a poor shooter, you can't say you didn't try your best. On the other hand, inevitably somebody will have a great shooting rifle, that never went through a "break in". Hence the two-sided, never ending debate. Enjoy.

Now where did that AR vs. AK thread go?

[gyrfalcon]

... Barrel break in, whether it helps or not, can't really hurt anything if done properly...

Kinda agree with you, but some folks are of the opinion cleaning the barrel damages it because it removes fowling and then you have metal on metal contact. I'm not agreeing with them, I'm just conveying what their opinion is.

McMillan's thoughts: http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthr ... adid=12582
Another Article: http://www.snipercountry.com/articles/b ... kin_II.asp

[UnaStamus]

Heh... Noveske, because when I think of accuracy I think of 100 yard shots. Anyhow, if you fired a .300WM that fast you're sure to degrade and wreck the barrel as far as accuracy is concerned <<end of story>>...and your shoulder <<another story>>.

Well, in terms of the .300WM, that just goes without saying. Magnum cartridges are angry cartridges. But then and again, no one makes an AR chambered in .300WM.
The video was actually kind of a goof by John. He's a former USMC Scout/Sniper and current LE sniper. He was making it the point that break-in was really unnecessary. Noveske barrels are really accurate. He's pulling 0.5MOA with that rifle to 600yds, I believe.

Here's the write-up if you're interested.
http://www.8541tactical.com/precisionar10.php