any advise for breaking in

[steve20]

several new weapons:
Ruger 9mm
Rem 870 shotgun
couple a Marlin 22's
Colt AR 15 type
any recommendations on barrel coatings/lubes would be appreciated



Steve

 

[Bill in Utah]

Ruger 9mm;

Clean the bore with a cleaner and wipe dry. Shoot it. Clean after a few hundred rounds.

Rem 870;

Shoot it. Clean after 100 or so rounds.

Marlin 22s;

Clean bore and shoot it till it starts to have malfunctions due to be dirty. Then clean it and shoot some more!

AR15. This one becomes interesting. Some folks like the shoot one clean the bore till you have 20-25 rounds through it. Then use it normal. I've done both and none of my Ar's have accuracy or functioning issues. Keep the bolt wet IMO.

Enjoy the new weapons. I picked up a new 22lr rifle yesterday and fun fun fun.. (till the wind chill got well below freezing with cloud cover)

 

[HyperJinx]

I have always felt that alot of this barrel break-in stuff is just a little over-intellectualized. Some firearms come with instructions to break-in a barrel some dont. Some believe in it and some think its hogwash.

As far as basic cleaners and lubes go, I suggest MPro7

 

[steve20]

thank you for the reponse, fellow Corvette owner (02Z and a 95 LT1). 90 views and one response-guess there is more of a myth than a reality?


Steve

 

[tom slick]

I know Kimber recommends 500 rds for break-in mostly so the shooter becomes comfortable with the pistol and can figure out if the pistol actually has any issues (as opposed to the shooter).

 

[greenaccord02]

Unless you're shooting an ultra precision long range rifle, there's really not any sense in breaking it in. The difference it may or may not make would not show in any of those firearms. As tom said, the Kimber 500 rd. recommendation is a good idea, but only to determine function.

 

[steve20]

thanks Guys-and thanks again, Bill
my guess out of nowhere is, you picked up a Marlin clip fed semi auto .22 synthetic stock


Steve

 

[Bill in Utah]

Originally Posted By: steve20
thanks Guys-and thanks again, Bill
my guess out of nowhere is, you picked up a Marlin clip fed semi auto .22 synthetic stock

Steve


Close. It is a .22lr!

Henry Pump Octagon I've got a few of their .22lr Levers and have been wanting one of these. Got it for my 25th wedding anniversary coming up next month.

Take care, Bill

 

[steve20]

Very Very nice
I bought the lever action with Octagon for my son-he doesn't even know it yet

Steve

 

[Jim 5]

I bought a Ruger SR-22 after Christmas and it appears that it needed to be disassembled, cleaned and lubed from brand new in order to function well.

Got to the range and suffered many jams, stove-piping etc, and the automatic bolt released when locked open took about 30 tries and 3 minutes to close the action.

Used some Remington action cleaner sprayed inside the action and got that to release and works well, and now armed with the right torx head, I'll strip it right down as far as I can and clean/oil the internals.

The point is, don't assume a semi auto comes from the factory clean and properly functioning. I was surprised in looking at rimfirecentral that this is really common. I was pretty disappointed all the same.

 

[Steve S]

Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
Originally Posted By: steve20
thanks Guys-and thanks again, Bill
my guess out of nowhere is, you picked up a Marlin clip fed semi auto .22 synthetic stock

Steve


Close. It is a .22lr!

Henry Pump Octagon I've got a few of their .22lr Levers and have been wanting one of these. Got it for my 25th wedding anniversary coming up next month.

Take care, Bill
They are really nice!!!

 

[Jim 5]

Originally Posted By: Jim 5
I bought a Ruger SR-22 after Christmas and it appears that it needed to be disassembled, cleaned and lubed from brand new in order to function well.

Got to the range and suffered many jams, stove-piping etc, and the automatic bolt released when locked open took about 30 tries and 3 minutes to close the action.

Used some Remington action cleaner sprayed inside the action and got that to release and works well, and now armed with the right torx head, I'll strip it right down as far as I can and clean/oil the internals.

The point is, don't assume a semi auto comes from the factory clean and properly functioning. I was surprised in looking at rimfirecentral that this is really common. I was pretty disappointed all the same.


Well I went out in -22C today and ran another 550 rounds through this rifle. Talk about numb fingers loading those 10 round rotary magazines. I ended up having about 7 jams. About 4 of those were because of an old magazine I was using that needs its spring tension increased and the others were on account of the cheap remington "golden" .22LR I ran through it.

No jams on the good magazine and the Federal or Winchester X. I think I'll take it down again and give the bore and action a good cleaning. They say these rifles work better after the first 700 rounds or so have gone through them. I'm glad I'm seeing dramatic improvement. This rifle is starting to work really well. Didn't even need to re-zero after taking the scope off the Picatinny to disassemble/clean.

 

[190E26FTW]

No matter what .22s always jam even in full auto.

Handguns you should blast at a minimum 500 rounds of high pressure ammo to break in the gun and make sure its reliable.

Same with Colt AR's. The ammo you get at Walmart is .223 which is hunting ammo that is much lower in pressure compared to say Winchester Q3131A 5.56mm Nato ammo. Same size and shape, but different pressures due to the ammo of gunpowder in it. So make sure you break the guns in using the proper ammo.

Handgun ammo comes in regular pressure, +P, and +P+ or full power loads. Not all calibers have various pressure loads such as .40S&W. Usually 9mm, .45 ACP, .38 Special, etc.