I just bought a new muzzle loader and I would like to know if breaking the barrel in is done the the same way as with a center fire rifle?
yea it is, just be careful, they tend to be a little more delicate
I gues the best thing to do is read the manufacturer instructions and do what it said to do
I have found the best way to break in a muzzleloading barrel is to use a good lubricant on your patches such as Bore Butter. I wipe the bore between each shot for the first ten or so shots. By then the Bore Butter will have seasoned the bore. After that, you need to wipe the bore only when it becomes difficult to seat a ball all the way down on the powder. If you let the bore become too fouled for the ball to completely seat on the powder, you can have the barrel blow up on you. Once seasoned, you need only to flush the bore with hot water and a little soap followed by a thorough drying. Then swab the bore with Bore Butter and put the gun away. If you do this, you will find that your barrel will last quite a lo-o-o-o-ong time before it becomes shot out. Now that you have that muzzleloader, you need to join The National Muzzleloading Rifle Association (NMLRA). You will learn a LOT from the association.
honestly there is not any Barret .50 cal cartridge designation. there's a Barrett .416 which became made to conform with California regulation yet nonetheless supply a effectual long variety projectile. Any Barrett rifles in .50 cal may be the .50 BGM, which became stepped forward by Browning in the early 1900's as a device gun around (Browning device Gun). All .50 high quality tells you is the approximate diameter of the projectile. Muzzle loaders use black powder or an equivalent. maximum different weapons use modern-day smokeless powder. The smokeless powder develops plenty extra rigidity and would routinely blow a muzzle loader aside. There are approximately 4 easy .50 cartridges. The .50 BMG this is the main effectual and develops over 10,000 ft lbs of potential. there is likewise a .50 Beowulf which will artwork in an AR-15 length firearm, the .50 AE this is a effectual handgun around, and the .500 SW Magnum this is the main effectual handgun around in easy production.
