Breaking in a new rifle

Picked up my new 30.06 a few weeks ago and it has sat in the safe untouched until now....

With a range session booked, first job was to clean the barrel. Boy was there some crud in there.



Then fit my old 6x24x56 off my .243 on her. My new 3x12x56 went on the .243.



Went to the 100m underground range at Kynamco, Thetford with some pals for a four hour range slot. Three of us with 10 guns would have been an interesting conversation had we been pulled over on the drive up there...

I know that there is a lot of debate about the need to clean a barrel when breaking in a barrel and to be honest I was in two minds, until David, the owner of the range and maker of Kynoch big game ammunition said clean it after every shot for the first ten shots, then five, clean and another five and you are done. Who was I to argue...



Zeroed the 30.06 and .243, rechecked the zero on the HMR, but didn't get a chance to play with the rimmy. Hey ho, shes quiet so can play anywhere on my permissions with her.



Anyway time flew and even though I could have done with another couple of hours to fine tune, I'm relatively pleased with the results using factory federals.

30.06
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.243

.17HMR


All in all a very enjoyable morning.

Ps - yes I did have permission to use the kitchen table, as I cleaned the bore at 5 am when the boss was asleep...

 

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It would appear rifles can be pretty tough

How not to break in your rifle - YouTube

Makes the Fieldsports Britain Sako destruction test look like a walk in the park. Tested with scope as well

 

[foxdropper]

I understood that most factory rifles were pre shot in and only required cleaning for first couple rounds .

 

[foxerklw]

I'm about to clean my new barrel for the first time today, 66 shots in lol, this post as worried me slightly haha