How that clock turn out?Originally Posted by Mazin
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"when you're happy you enjoy the melody but, when you're broken you understand the lyrics".
No beer fest for me. Just the sixer mixer from local libation shop. Of the four I tried one was exceptional, two were good, one was ok.
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BCM SS410 18" Upper with 13" KMR and free BCG?Teaser pic of my new toy
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It's usually just extreme stomach pain and extreme quantities of gas that could be concentrated and sold to the military for use in tear gas grenades.
Somebody did their homework...BCM SS410 18" Upper with 13" KMR and free BCG?
Yup! Super excited to put some rounds through it. Do people still go through lengthy processes to "break in" new barrels?
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
Somebody did their homework...
Seriously? I just randomly guessed! It was obviously a KMR so I started with that. It looked longer than most handguards, so I guessed 13". Then looking at the pic, you can see the barrel is shiny, like super shiny so it had to be the SS410 barrel. Added a few filler words and bam.
When I broke in my recent 18" build, I cleaned it, went to the range, shot 60rds of bulk brass through it at a 3-5 shot per minute pace, went home and cleaned it again.
On my 700 5R, I cleaned it, went to the range, shot 13rds through it, nearly blew it up, went home, cleaned it then didn't shoot it for 3mo. You know, to let the barrel season a bit. And after having taken it to the range last week and put another 47rds through it, it shot a 0.7" group at 100yds (over about 30min with other shots in between). It might be broken in, but it still might settle in a bit with another 50-100 or more rounds.
You could always buy some Tubbs Final Finish and reload/shoot those then let me know if I should do the same after an in depth analysis of the results.
I read a lot of discussion about the Tubbs stuff a few years ago and the consensus was pretty well split. Some people got hard ons for Tubbs, some people thought it was a waste of money. I broke in a 16" 6.8x43 barrel I had by firing 3rds, then giving it a good barrel cleaning, then 3 more rds, another good barrel cleaning. I did 30 rds like this, then I stretched out to 10rds at a time until I hit 100rds. That was a custom barrel and it always gave me sub-MOA performance, but I cannot conclusively say if it was because of the break-in process I gave it, or just because it was a really high quality barrel.
Seriously? I just randomly guessed! It was obviously a KMR so I started with that. It looked longer than most handguards, so I guessed 13". Then looking at the pic, you can see the barrel is shiny, like super shiny so it had to be the SS410 barrel. Added a few filler words and bam.
When I broke in my recent 18" build, I cleaned it, went to the range, shot 60rds of bulk brass through it at a 3-5 shot per minute pace, went home and cleaned it again.
On my 700 5R, I cleaned it, went to the range, shot 13rds through it, nearly blew it up, went home, cleaned it then didn't shoot it for 3mo. You know, to let the barrel season a bit. And after having taken it to the range last week and put another 47rds through it, it shot a 0.7" group at 100yds (over about 30min with other shots in between). It might be broken in, but it still might settle in a bit with another 50-100 or more rounds.
You could always buy some Tubbs Final Finish and reload/shoot those then let me know if I should do the same after an in depth analysis of the results..
Either way, I picked up some 75gr HPBTs to see what a heavier round will do in a 1:8 twist barrel. I've never fired any .223 or 5.56 that was heaver than 62gr. Science experiment time!
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
My Saturday morning project: cleaning and organizing most of the garage, including installing this new overhead storage rack: https://www.ar-15.co/threads/42773-P...=1#post1687099
My Feedback
"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
I read a lot of discussion about the Tubbs stuff a few years ago and the consensus was pretty well split. Some people got hard ons for Tubbs, some people thought it was a waste of money. I broke in a 16" 6.8x43 barrel I had by firing 3rds, then giving it a good barrel cleaning, then 3 more rds, another good barrel cleaning. I did 30 rds like this, then I stretched out to 10rds at a time until I hit 100rds. That was a custom barrel and it always gave me sub-MOA performance, but I cannot conclusively say if it was because of the break-in process I gave it, or just because it was a really high quality barrel.
Either way, I picked up some 75gr HPBTs to see what a heavier round will do in a 1:8 twist barrel. I've never fired any .223 or 5.56 that was heaver than 62gr. Science experiment time!
I use the 75 Hornady BTHP, pushed by 23.6 gr of Ramshot TAC. It makes about 2650 fps from my 16" SS barrel with a .223 Wylde chamber..
Just doing what I can to stay on this side of the dirt.
Barrel break-in?
pull the carbon out. Leave the copper. Clean the chamber, clean the bolt. Done.
shoot more!!
Just doing what I can to stay on this side of the dirt.
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