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... I happen to have traded years ago for a Speedy Gonzalez-made benchrest rifle. Blundered into it, and that reminded me I had a modified version of Speedy's break-in procedure. Found it ... "Barrel break-In schedule, starting with a clean bore. 20 round total. 1. Clean barrel - 1 shot - clean barrel. Repeat 3 times. 2. Clean barrel - 3 shots - clean barrel. Repeat 2 times. 3. Clean barrel - 5 shots - clean barrel. 4. Clean barrel - 6 shots - clean again. Barrel Cleaning Steps Step 1) Insert bore guide into receiver and chamber Step 2) Run one wet patch of Sweets through the bore and let soak for approximately 30 seconds. Do not patch this out. Remember this is going to serve as our lubricant for the brush as we push it down the bore for the first time. Step 3) Next, run the brush through the lubricated barrel only enough to expose the entire brush as it exits the muzzle. Once the brush is exposed, saturate it well with Butches Bore Shine and SLOWLY run the brush through the bore 10 complete back and forth passes while keeping the rod as straight as possible. Remember, the key word is slowly. We are not trying to break any land speed records today. Let this sit a minute or two and proceed to the next step. Step 4) After you have let the barrel soak for a few moments, saturate a patch with the Butches Bore Shine and pass it through the bore. Follow this with 2 dry patches. Then with a chamber mop or patch wrapped around a brush on a short cleaning rod, dry the "CHAMBER" of the barrel with Brake Kleen or lighter fluid. NOTE: We wrote "DRY THE CHAMBER" not the bore of the barrel. Next, gently wipe the crown off with a soft cloth or patch and lube your bolt (let's not gall the lugs just yet). Now, you're ready to shoot your first shot. Additional Tips: Each time you clean your rifle, you may wish follow the last dry patch through the bore with a patch soaked with LOCK-EEZ if the bore felt a bit too dry as you passed that last patch through it prior to drying the chamber. This is a graphite powder suspended in a quick evaporating carrier that coats the bore slightly before passing that first round through a completely dry bore."


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esobee Y'all got one of them "sneek peeks" at a Siete you could pass along?? 🤔

  -  laruetactical @esobee ... Nope, it's too sexy. I'll lose my IG account for posting porn. 1 like

  -  esobee @laruetactical got them Benjamin's ready to make it rain all over that sexy Siete 😆

connelldad Been reading GD today eh?

  -  laruetactical @connelldad ... Nope

joseph5myers I am glad I don't shoot benchrest if that is what it takes to compete. I just shoot until groups open up, clean it with foaming bore cleaner, and then shoot some more. At the volume of shooting I do it averages out to about once a year.

  -  laruetactical @joseph5myers Running a break-in program is foreplay to some shooters. They like to drag out the fun. 1 like

  -  ken_spn @laruetactical I actually never thought about it like that. Thanks for that perspective. I kind of have a new found respect for it

  -  laruetactical @ken_spn ... Plus they "co-own" some of the final accuracy.

  -  joseph5myers @laruetactical The fun for me is the shooting, not cleaning! I do not waste ammo on breaking in a barrel any more either. I have 5 rifles that will consistently shoot 1MOA or smaller. Three of them are UU Kits I purchased from you, a Bergara Premier Ridgeback, and a Savage action I put in a chassis stock with a Criterion barrel. None had the barrels broke in and I will not clean them down to bare metal until the groups open up which so far has not happened.

scottdonn1 I'm surprised you're still conscious after using Butches. For the record Speedy does not use this product anymore

  -  laruetactical @scottdonn1 ... What did he replace it with ? 1 like

  -  scottdonn1 @laruetactical Bore Tech. Great stuff and no smell

  -  scottdonn1 @laruetactical Bore Tech. Great stuff and no smell

wild_man_dave Pretty sure .. won't say who. But when I was in Texas. He said. "Just shoot the damn gun" 5 likes

  -  laruetactical @wild_man_dave ... Well there's that ... 😎 2 likes

sonofstate Speedy makes a hell of a rifle 2 likes

full_cyclic id recommend the same; times 6 with the minigun unless you're running the Lake City ammo with the last six rounds linked as "cleaning" rounds ....such a pain.

jkedsnake I broke in my Defiance/Proof 6.5 Creedmoor by shooting 100 rounds before cleaning it. After cleaning it, I looked at the rifling with a borescope and could not find any abnormalities whatsoever. Took it back out and its a tack driver with factory 140g. ELDX and overlaps holes at 200 yads with Berger/Vihtavouri hand loads. If I would of broken it in any different, I doubt I could shoot good enough to see such difference. 1 like

jtwendel02 How does it shoot?

redoak.sooner Freaking hell. Nobody got time for that. Just shoot the dang thing. 3 likes

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