01-02-2020, 01:13 PM
Plainsman Wrote:I appreciate all the tips and comments. Thanks. Will confess that I haven?t paid much attention to break-in tricks over the years. Start with a clean barrel and keep it mostly clean through a hundred or so rounds. That?s about it. But Howa was so picky I just wanted to be sure I wasn?t overlooking something.
PM:
Only two reasons why Howa would give such a break in procedure.
First -- they never finished the barrel and want you to spend your money and time finishing it for them.
Second -- if their barrel fails to perform they can blame it on the buyer not following their procedures.
I think what you are doing ought to be just fine. Keep it clean as best as possible for the first hundred rounds then clean it as needed.
LR55