If you clean your barrel after shooting any number of rounds on regular basis, are you in essence "breaking it in" ?
Is the only difference between that and going through one of those prescribed shoot one shot clean shoot again cycles, may be the amount of time it takes to break in the barrel?
If memory serves the old bushmaster co advised breaking in their barrels by shooting a lot (several hundred?) of rounds through it, before cleaning.
Didn't some old time custom barrel makers used to polish (lap) the inside of barrels?
Has anyone else noticed how quicker it may be clean some bores, after it gets used and cleaned multiple times?
Has anyone ever noticed some barrels are easy to clean right from the get go?
Is the only difference between that and going through one of those prescribed shoot one shot clean shoot again cycles, may be the amount of time it takes to break in the barrel?
If memory serves the old bushmaster co advised breaking in their barrels by shooting a lot (several hundred?) of rounds through it, before cleaning.
Didn't some old time custom barrel makers used to polish (lap) the inside of barrels?
Has anyone else noticed how quicker it may be clean some bores, after it gets used and cleaned multiple times?
Has anyone ever noticed some barrels are easy to clean right from the get go?