Barrel break in

It's really just a waste of a little time and a little money. If you have time to waste and it makes you feel better, by all means, do it. To argue about it is just silly. I've seen guys at the range breaking in their barrel too. They've always appeared to be enjoying their range time just as much as I am. For some, it's part of the joy of shooting. It's kinda like waxing your car. It's a little hard work that yields no benefit to the performance... But a lot of people do it... And appear to enjoy doing it. Leave them be...
 
I don't know whats more of a joke, barrel break in or bore snakes. For all you bore snake users out there I want you to think about this for s second. After you pull your precious bore snake through your dirty barrel the first time all you are doing is dragging the same dirt through over and over again until you was is out. $15 worth of patched will last a lot longer that a bore snake ever will.
 
If barrel break in was all that, there wouldn't be any arguments about it. I see it as some anal benchresters attempt to shrink his groups from 1/2" to 3/8" at 400 yards or whatever. This is perfectly ok if you are into that sort of thing to that degree.

Comparing two guns of the same model where only one gets the break in process and then shooting better than the other doesn't really prove anything because of the number of variables between the guns. One gun is going to shoot better than the other gun even if you don't break it in.

Pity you can't do a before & after test cause that would add a log to the fire, lol. If you shoot a single control group at first, would that invalidate the break in? If it didn't, then how can we be sure that shooter didn't merely shoot a bad group at first and warmed up after that? Or vice versa? :D

Cryogenic treating at any point in the barrels life is a more proven way to improve a weapons accuracy than break in.
 
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