Breaking in a .308

Tons of opinions on this.

I'm in the less is more camp I think.

I would clean the bore well, always from the breach, never from the muzzle. Then I would clean it again after every 3-5 shot group. Repeat for the first box or two of ammo then, clean as required.

I think the most gain is the first cleaning in the off chance that there is some metal shavings in the barrel and to get any heavy grease out of the barrel left for storage reasons from the factory.

You may also want to pull your trigger out and check it. For a while (not sure about now) Remington was putting a rather thick grease on their triggers which would harden up over time and make the trigger pull rather bad.
 
Strip it, clean and lube it, take a box of targets and a box of ammo and head for the range. When the box of ammo is empty, go home, clean the gun and repeat as often as possible. It's a quality gun with a quality barrel and what you need is trigger time practicing those long shots. You will have more fun and the gun if it needs breaking in like trigger parts wearing in and smoothing out it will happen without you noticing much. At least that's how us dinosaurs do it.
 
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There's another thread running on the same subject...check it out.

We've never done anything other than clean thoroughly before shooting a new rifle.
 
Strip it, clean and lube it, take a box of targets and a box of ammo and head for the range. When the box of ammo is empty, go home, clean the gun and repeat as often as possible. It's a quality gun with a quality barrel and what you need is trigger time practicing those long shots. You will have more fun and the gun if it needs breaking in like trigger parts wearing in and smoothing out it will happen without you noticing much. At least that's how us dinosaurs do it.

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I have the 700 tactical .308; bought it in March. First trip out went through two boxes; cleaned when I got home. 240 rounds later, laying down half-minute groups with factory match ammo. Shoot. Wash. Repeat.

What's break in? :)
 
Thanks everyone. You only get one chance to do it right so I just wanted to make sure.

What is the best way to clean the barrel. I usually use a rope/snake from academy that has the copper wire on the end. Will this be sufficient?
 
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