Barrel break in, how many rounds? - Page 2

tahunua001 · November 21, 2012, 04:25 PM

none, barrel break in is a myth. any rifles are manufactured that are guaranteed to be sub MOA out of the box, how many of them do you think that the company bothered taking the time to break in the barrel?

Panfisher · November 21, 2012, 06:13 PM

Calling our shot was a fairly important step of the coaching on our rifle team way back in college. The AMU visited for a few days and they were pretty "pushy" about calling your shot. Had time to see the trigger break inyour mind again while completing the follow through, might have been part of the point too.

coyota1 · November 21, 2012, 06:39 PM

I have a book written by Glenn Newick "The Ultimate In Rifle Accuracy" that discusses the "one shot and clean" method. Five to seven times. This guy is a competitive bench rest shooter, so I have some deference for him. I don't consider 5-7 shots a waste of ammo.

Bart B. · November 21, 2012, 07:57 PM

Metal God

Calling a shot means seeing where the sights are aimed at on the target when the round fires. If the sight's aligned two inches to the right of the desired place, the shot would be called 2 inches out at 3 o'clock. If you're using a 100 yard Smallbore rifle target with a 4 inch 9 ring and this happened, it would be called a wide 9 at 3.

If the bullet struck 1 inch below and 1 inch right of where you called the shot, adjust the sight to move impact 1 inch up and 1 inch left. So, where's the next shot gonna go relative to its call?

A good rifle shooter can call within 1/4 moa where a shot goes with a 1/4 moa rifle and ammo.

coyota1 · November 21, 2012, 08:04 PM

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Calling a shot means seeing where the sights are aimed at on the target when the round fires.

I consider this the most important aspect in shooting.

Art Eatman · November 21, 2012, 08:12 PM

I hope the OP got enough info from the very few posts which responded to his question.

November 21, 2012, 04:25 PM	#26
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	none, barrel break in is a myth. any rifles are manufactured that are guaranteed to be sub MOA out of the box, how many of them do you think that the company bothered taking the time to break in the barrel? __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin

November 21, 2012, 06:13 PM	#27
Panfisher Senior Member Join Date: July 30, 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,337	Calling our shot was a fairly important step of the coaching on our rifle team way back in college. The AMU visited for a few days and they were pretty "pushy" about calling your shot. Had time to see the trigger break inyour mind again while completing the follow through, might have been part of the point too.

November 21, 2012, 06:39 PM	#28
coyota1 Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2008 Location: West Michigan Posts: 663	I have a book written by Glenn Newick "The Ultimate In Rifle Accuracy" that discusses the "one shot and clean" method. Five to seven times. This guy is a competitive bench rest shooter, so I have some deference for him. I don't consider 5-7 shots a waste of ammo.

November 21, 2012, 07:57 PM	#29
Bart B. Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Posts: 8,927	Metal God Calling a shot means seeing where the sights are aimed at on the target when the round fires. If the sight's aligned two inches to the right of the desired place, the shot would be called 2 inches out at 3 o'clock. If you're using a 100 yard Smallbore rifle target with a 4 inch 9 ring and this happened, it would be called a wide 9 at 3. If the bullet struck 1 inch below and 1 inch right of where you called the shot, adjust the sight to move impact 1 inch up and 1 inch left. So, where's the next shot gonna go relative to its call? A good rifle shooter can call within 1/4 moa where a shot goes with a 1/4 moa rifle and ammo.

November 21, 2012, 08:12 PM	#31
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	I hope the OP got enough info from the very few posts which responded to his question.