Muzzleloader Break In ?

sswheeler · 01-14-2009

Is there a recomended barrel break in procedure for a new muzzleloader?

CVA optima elite

thanks

mlockhart · 01-14-2009

I've always used. shoot once, clean, shoot twice, clean etc.

HICKMAN · 01-14-2009

shoot, wet swab, dry swab, repeat

did that for the first twenty shots at the range.

While hunting, I'll shoot, dry swab and shoot, then clean completely by wet and dry swabbing when I get home.

PLEASE, make sure you grease the breech plug!!

oldrookie · 01-14-2009

No real break in required. I would swab the barrel to remove packing oils but thats about it. I would put at least 50 loads through it before messing with a scope.

sswheeler · 01-15-2009

Thanks for the info. As soon as the weather breaks, I'll try it out

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sswheeler Plinker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Indy Posts: 80	Thanks for the info. As soon as the weather breaks, I'll try it out __________________ *"There's a thin line between tough and dumb"*

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mlockhart Plinker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Noblesville IN Posts: 2	I've always used. shoot once, clean, shoot twice, clean etc.

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HICKMAN Wake Up America Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Southport, IN Posts: 4,072	shoot, wet swab, dry swab, repeat did that for the first twenty shots at the range. While hunting, I'll shoot, dry swab and shoot, then clean completely by wet and dry swabbing when I get home. PLEASE, make sure you grease the breech plug!!

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oldrookie Plinker Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 30	No real break in required. I would swab the barrel to remove packing oils but thats about it. I would put at least 50 loads through it before messing with a scope.