Abrasive bullets

[The Sodbuster]

Has anybody had any experience loading Tubb's abrasive-coated bullets for breaking in a new rifle barrel?

[Zachary]

First off, WELCOME TO GRAYBEARD OUTDOORS!

I have never used that product but, then again,  I really don't see the need for it.  It just sounds like hype.

I have never heard of anyone using such product, either benchrest shooters or otherwise.

I would just recommend that you use traditional bullets and just clean your barrel accordingly in order to break it in.

Zachary

[Squeeze]

I have heard rumors of throat erosion using these to fire lap a barrel.  It sounds plausible,
so I haven't considered them for barrels that appear to need to be lapped.  I only
have one rifle that picks up crude, and that is a Savage 16, in .22-250 Rem.  But the
darn thing is shooting 50 gr. V-Max bullets into .3 MOA groups, so I am not risking
any kind of lapping in that barrel.  It is slowly breaking in, and has appeared to get
better about picking up crude, so I guess here is an example of Zachary's recommendation
to break in with traditional bullets.

At the risk of cracking wise  :grin:  buy Tikkas.  They are hand lapped at the factory,
and it shows at the shooting bench, and the cleaning bench.

At first look, I thought the abrasive bullets might be a good idea, but after thinking
about how uncontrolled that process would be, I retreated from my thoughts of this
being a good idea.  If I had some way of insuring that the bullet would hit the
lands perfectly parallel(no runout, and consistent neck tension), then I might
try them in of an act of desperation.  But,  I would only use the lightest abrasive bullets.

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