Barrel breakin - The Firearms Forum

tracker77 · 01-09-2009, 04:00 PM

I just bought a savage mark 2 mako 22LR I was wondering how I should breakin the barrel and if it is wise to treat the barrel with militec-1 before or after?? http://www.militec1.com/

eka · 01-09-2009, 04:44 PM

.22 Rimfires are different animals than their centerfire brethren. You don't do a breakin process like you would for a centerfire rifle. Anschutz manuals direct you to clean after the first 500 rounds and then after every 5000 rounds. Way more .22 Rimfires have been ruined by cleaning than have every been retired by shooting. Shoot it and leave it alone unless you happen to get some foreign material in the barrel, such as moisture.

Keith

01-09-2009, 04:00 PM	#1
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01-09-2009, 04:44 PM	#2
eka V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 57	Re: Barrel breakin .22 Rimfires are different animals than their centerfire brethren. You don't do a breakin process like you would for a centerfire rifle. Anschutz manuals direct you to clean after the first 500 rounds and then after every 5000 rounds. Way more .22 Rimfires have been ruined by cleaning than have every been retired by shooting. Shoot it and leave it alone unless you happen to get some foreign material in the barrel, such as moisture. Keith __________________ "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." President Gerald Ford in his Presidential address to a joint session of Congress August 12, 1974 In England, the police don't have a gun. If you commit a crime, the police will say "Stop, or I'll say stop again."