I just ordered a Ruger Compact rifle in 7mm-08 for my grandson. I'll have it in a day or so and plan to put Leupold VXII 3x9-40 scope on it. The rifle weighs in at about 6 lbs. without the scope and has an 18" barrel.
This rifle will be used solely for deer hunting in middle/east Georgia. I don't imagine shots will ever exceed 150 yards, if that.
I'm gonna use reduced velocity hand loads. I'm looking at 120 grain Sierra Pro Hunter spitzer flat based bullet or the Hornady V-Max 120 grain flat base bullet ahead of around 22-23 grains of Hodgdon H4895 powder.
I was just gonna give it a good cleaning out of the box, bore sight it, then take it to the range and sight it in.
But I have been doing some reading here about new barrel break in and opinions and processes are all over the spectrum.
All I want to do is be able to get it to consistently hit about 1-2" high at 100 yards and have a group of 1-2". I figure that's plenty accurate for hunting.
Still I'm at a loss as to what is a common-sense way to go about breaking in the barrel to get to the accuracy I want.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
This rifle will be used solely for deer hunting in middle/east Georgia. I don't imagine shots will ever exceed 150 yards, if that.
I'm gonna use reduced velocity hand loads. I'm looking at 120 grain Sierra Pro Hunter spitzer flat based bullet or the Hornady V-Max 120 grain flat base bullet ahead of around 22-23 grains of Hodgdon H4895 powder.
I was just gonna give it a good cleaning out of the box, bore sight it, then take it to the range and sight it in.
But I have been doing some reading here about new barrel break in and opinions and processes are all over the spectrum.
All I want to do is be able to get it to consistently hit about 1-2" high at 100 yards and have a group of 1-2". I figure that's plenty accurate for hunting.
Still I'm at a loss as to what is a common-sense way to go about breaking in the barrel to get to the accuracy I want.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.