When one gets a new muzzleloader is there a need to shoot so many shots before the barrel is broke in? The same question for a barrel that has been realigned like from Bobby Hoyt? Thanks
Thanks KansasThere’s gonna be no absolute on this. Some may some may not depending on tooling wear and other things. I bet one never shot worse after a couple hundred rounds. Unless you let it rust up.
Thanks DaveFor a barrel from Bobby Hoyt, just do proper load development.
I don’t have your experience with the cheap foreign makes, but the two Green Mountain roundball barrels I purchased a few years back were real patch shredders when new. Both required work on the muzzle crown and rifling before they became very good shooters. Out of habit, I’ve polished the crowns of Hoyt barrels and they were shooters from shot one. I recently fired the initial shots through a new Rice barrel without issue. As other as said, depends on the particular barrel.Some can have jagged edges and shred patches, especially cheap foreign makes.
I accidentally killed a bunch of deer with my cheap foreign made guns.
thanks DaveFor a barrel from Bobby Hoyt, just do proper load development.
ThanksMost of todays quality barrels do not need a "break-in" I've even had excellent service from imports. If one has a problem bore it's best to "Scotch Bright it or 0000 steel wool it". I do not think "breaking in" is is ever necessarily needed at all. But it's a no-brainer that any new rifle should be fired enough to come up with the best load and to gain familiarity.
I accidentally killed a bunch of deer with my cheap foreign made guns.
I’ve begun using the Lee Shaver break in for any new barrel. Here it is.When one gets a new muzzleloader is there a need to shoot so many shots before the barrel is broke in? The same question for a barrel that has been realigned like from Bobby Hoyt? Thanks
+1. I’ve had Hoyt barrels that were very clean and smooth. I’ve ha at least one that had a chattering and such showing in the grooves. They shot well and all but a smooth barrel always seems to clean easier, and often they shoot better too.There’s gonna be no absolute on this. Some may some may not depending on tooling wear and other things. I bet one never shot worse after a couple hundred rounds. Unless you let it rust up.
I’ve used various break in procedures like the shaver technique as well as lead lapping and fire lapping for unmentionable items.Maybe I missed it. And I do not want to march deep into forbidden territory. But I can not recall either break in problems or break in discussions with the barrels of new unmentionables. Is this strictly a ML/BP thing?
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