Thread: Thoughts on new barrel ' break-in '

I asked the same question when I bought my Howa mini 223 awhile back. Same variety of answers. In the end I decided to break it it. Howa recommended it so I thought they know more about rifles than me I may as well do it as I'm planning to keep the rifle for a long time. Maybe the Howa recommendations are just arse covering on their part, but as I was sighting in with a new scope anyway it didn't really cost me anything except time