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Barrels are barrels does not matter if they are attached to an AR, Rem 700, Win 70, Savage 110, etc.
Bore guides should be used, and I like Old Turtles procedure except I will go to 40 rounds during the 5 shot and clean.
Some barrels that are lapped to a very smooth bore won't benefit as much from this procedure, but it can't hurt with proper cleaning and using a good bore guide.
This is similar to what I was told by he that not be named.
I broke my Schilen in with:
1 shot
Wet patch dry patch
Did this up to 25 rounds
Ran a wet patch and then let barrel sit over night on a paper towel.
Next time at range it was
5 shots
Wet patch dry patch
Did this up to 50 round count (5 times)
Repeated procedure at home with the wet patch
From 50 to 100 rounds it was every 10 shots the the patch routine. Then still did the wet patch at night then ran some dry patches in the morning. I'm using a bore guide and hoppes #9. Always let the barrel cool in between shots, by this I was told it should never burn your hand when your grab it. If it does or is too hot to hold then you got it too hot.
It sucked, was probably over kill but since I spent $500 on a barrel I had no problem treating it like a baby and doing the extra work. I will fully admit I'm not this anal with regular off the rack barrels. I'm still pretty crazy but I just shorten the amount of time I will spend on them. And with the "toys", I admit to letting the barrel getting really hot. I like to shoot those types fast.
Now I just wet patch dry patch her after a day of hunting.