10-02-2011, 08:28 PM
I'm going for popcorn. This comes up every once in a while, and is usually a long thread with no new information. It ends up being a Ford or Chevy kind of argument.
Everyone has their opinion, but there is little really hard data on the issue. Hard data would require taking a number of barrels from the same manufacturer, produce them in to exactly the same rifle or pressure barrel. Then break in some, not break in others. After that break in is completed, you would have to continue shooting exactly the same ammo until accuracy began to fall off. Then compare results.
Just the ammo costs would be incredible...try burning up 20 barrels (10 broken in, 10 not broken in) using factory ammo...
Everyone has their opinion, but there is little really hard data on the issue. Hard data would require taking a number of barrels from the same manufacturer, produce them in to exactly the same rifle or pressure barrel. Then break in some, not break in others. After that break in is completed, you would have to continue shooting exactly the same ammo until accuracy began to fall off. Then compare results.
Just the ammo costs would be incredible...try burning up 20 barrels (10 broken in, 10 not broken in) using factory ammo...