Re: New rifle...
As VLD43 says above never overheat your barrel as this will do more harm and shorten barrel life, I thoroughly clean any new rifle before shooting it and even used guns so I know exactly what I'm starting with,
I clean after every 3 shots for the first few groups after that I just clean when I come home from the range, I've had a dozen or more custom guns built and owned probably over a 100 different rifles and I can't say for sure if following a defined regime helps, but of course it can't hurt,
What I have found is every rifle is different, My 240 Wby will shoot a 1.5" group on a clean barrel, second group tightens up to 1/2" and stays there until I clean it again. ?
I had a Benchmark barrel installed on a Rem 700 270 Win and after zeroing I cleaned it with wipeout after every 3 shots at the range but wouldn't group under 2", I took it home and cleaned it with wipeout and let it sit soaking overnight as it was very dirty, next time at the range it was shooting 1/2" groups... so you never know ? every barrel is different....or so I've found.
But every barrel maker has a break in cleaning regime so must be something to it.
Last edited by Weatherby Fan; 01-16-2018 at 10:36 AM.
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