Hank
Breaking in a cast bullet barrel is more about seasoning the barrel than breaking it in. I am totally against running some jacketed rounds down a new barrel to "Smooth it out". If your barrel is that rough send it back. Do not spend time trying to save a new barrel that is rough or jugged just send it back and start over again.
here is how I season a new barrel. It is the procedure that I am now using on my new RKS barrel and have used in the past on RKS, Shilen, Douglas, and long barrels. First clean the barrel with a mild bore cleaner, I use Ed's red with lanolin. Then I take a patch with lanolin on it and run it through the bore a few times. Then shoot as normal. At the end of the day clean just until you get the fouling out stop when all you see is cooked lube on the patch. then run another patch with lanolin down the bore. make a patch of lanolin the last patch that you use on the bore and let the bullets iron in the lanolin. I also put a heavy coat on lanolin in the bore when I put my rifles up for the winter.

40 Rod

My RKS barrel took 49 shots to break in. Shot 30-1 lead bullets and the lube I was using at the time. Had me worried for a while.   Douglas barrels and most others seem to shoot good right from the start.   

As far as seasoning, I like Italian best, yuk yuk.   


            Joe.   

Joe, Green Mountain barrel in 7mm, Hank

Hank45 wrote on Aug 7^th, 2011 at 6:16pm:



Cant go wrong with a GM barrel. I bet it shoots excellent.  Super smooth finish inside.   


             Joe. 

Joe congratulations you now have 2976 posts accredited to your name yet I have not found one individual to date including myself that has improved thier scores, offhand, bench rest, black powder, smokless and or duplex loads from any of them and as a charter member as of 4/16 04 this is not what this site was created for!

J. Louis

I did not say that Joe had broken any rules I said congratulations on setting his personal goal as stated in one of his earlier posts to set the all time high in regards to the amount of posts on this site and I also stated that I personally have not found any of them to provide any real positive benefits. I have nothing personnel against Joe in fact when he unfortunately had his car broken into while attending one of our ISSA Regionals I provided him with some of my bullets of which he kicked my butt with it is just the meaningless posts just to say one has the record that I don't think provide anything postive for this organization.

J.Louis

Hank45 wrote on Aug 7^th, 2011 at 7:13pm:


It'll be interesting to read how it shoots Hank. I dont recall anyone using a  7MM GM barrel and cast bullets. 

Which Ideal bullet are you going to try?   


                Joe.