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This is the place for asking all questions. These guys want to help and believe me, I have asked a lot of questions and I have never got anything but expert and caring answers.
I broke in a barrel on a 1894 because I was going to shoot cast bullets in it. I used an arduous breakin procedure, that included flitz. The breakin accomplished two things. I got very used to firing the little lever action and the barrel is mirror finish. I have never had it foul and loose accuracy. Cleaning is a snap with lead or jacketed.
I did a similar break in on my SBH 44 but the difference was I only cleaned at the end of a session. It was a complete cleaning and the tight patch on a brush using flitz in their somewhere. I shot no lead for probably 1000 rounds. Same result. Easy clean on lead and cast and mirror finish in the bore.
This is the place for asking all questions. These guys want to help and believe me, I have asked a lot of questions and I have never got anything but expert and caring answers.
I broke in a barrel on a 1894 because I was going to shoot cast bullets in it. I used an arduous breakin procedure, that included flitz. The breakin accomplished two things. I got very used to firing the little lever action and the barrel is mirror finish. I have never had it foul and loose accuracy. Cleaning is a snap with lead or jacketed.
I did a similar break in on my SBH 44 but the difference was I only cleaned at the end of a session. It was a complete cleaning and the tight patch on a brush using flitz in their somewhere. I shot no lead for probably 1000 rounds. Same result. Easy clean on lead and cast and mirror finish in the bore.
