Just bought a Kahr CW380. Handbook says 200 rounds to break it in. With the cost of ammo these days I got to thinking... What does a "break in" really entail? Shooting 200 rounds cycles the slide 200 times, and lowers the hammer 200 times and works the internals 200 times. Why would you have to fire ammo to do that? how about snap caps and manually work the slide 200 or more times? would that accomplish the same thing? At over a dollar a shot I would be more than willing to cycle the slide manually. And if you were dry firing, it would improve your shooting at the same time. Any thoughts on why manually cycling the slide and pulling the trigger on snap caps would not work? I know the barrel would stay clean, but do you need to break in a barrel?
.Yes it does suck that you have to factor in the cost of break in ammo, but that really depends on the gun, my Glocks got broken in by running a couple mags full through the new gun and maybe a mag full of my carry ammo, the 1911s went to the range and if they jammed more than once or twice with that first 50 rds, it went back or got traded, if it made it through the first 50 rds with no trouble I may have run another box or two through it, then carry it, this needing 200, 300+ rds before running reliably is BS, all guns don't do this but some do, the ones that do will belong to somebody else
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Gonna disagree with you here Rocketgeezer. Not BS to test and break-in a new firearm. By your own description, you run ~100-150 rds through a new gun, which is nearly as much as what most others in this thread have recommended. Many new firearms, by their manufacturer's recommendation, require some break-in period. As for any firearm that is to be used primarily for self-defense, the way you determine reliability is by testing. That is true of any man-made object or system. Break your new firearm in with range ammo, make sure it's functioning properly and reliably, then test it for reliability with your carry ammo. For self-defense, you're betting your life and possibly the lives of others that your firearm will function flawlessly when needed. Failure to test is to rely on hope alone.
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