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Homme Formidable 
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 1:39 pm to Langston)
I clean and lube per the manual, unless I find out differently per research.
I then dry fire quite a bit...cycling the action frequently.
I shoot the recommended amount of rounds through it...plinking and defense.
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Nodust 
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 1:40 pm to Langston)
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Langston
What kind of Ruger did you get?
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Langston
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 2:44 pm to Nodust)
went ahead and bought a LCP and a LC9. Really impressed with the 9 for a compact. Love it.
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Nodust
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 2:45 pm to Langston)
I remember you saying you got one couldn't remember which one.
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Langston
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 2:46 pm to Nodust)
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gmrkr5
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 2:51 pm to Nodust)
clean it and shoot a few hundred rounds of cheap ball ammo
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Ace Midnight
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 2:54 pm to RBWilliams8)
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I just oil it up and bend it and put it under my couch cushin for a while until its broken in.
That's a baseball glove.
You break in pistol by filling it up with warm water, draining it and walking it dry.
(No...wait, that is for combat boots.)
How do you "break in" a pistol? Lead it out into water up to the whithers, THEN mount up.
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Papa Tigah
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 3:04 pm to RBWilliams8)
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CoastieGM
Member since Aug 2012
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 3:05 pm to Nodust)
Just take it out and shoot for fun.
The more "refined" weapons should need fewer rounds put through them.
Less refined weapons literally need to work off the rough edges internally.
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Nodust
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 3:10 pm to CoastieGM)
So under the sofa cushion isn't a good idea 
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dawg23
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 3:20 pm to Nodust)
With some guns, 200-300 rounds = the manufacturer's recommendation for breaking it in.
With other guns, 200-300 rounds = the gun's life expectancy.
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shawnlsu
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 3:46 pm to wickowick)
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Photoshopped, no doubt
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Nodust
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 3:50 pm to dawg23)
So to break it in you shoot it and clean it.
After break in you shoot it and clean it.
Mind blown
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VetteGuy
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Member since Feb 2008
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 3:54 pm to hashbrowns)
"limp wristing"
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PvilleP 
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Member since Apr 2011
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 4:44 pm to CoastieGM)
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The more "refined" weapons should need fewer rounds put through them.
Kimbers don't start working well until after 500 rounds. They're machined with very close tolerances.
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PvilleP
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 4:46 pm to Nodust)
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So to break it in you shoot it and clean it.
After break in you shoot it and clean it.
Actually, before shooting, you should field strip the gun, clean it, and put a little fresh oil on the contact parts of the slide. Most gun manufactures put a thicker oil on guns at the factory. You also don't know how long ago that oil was put on the gun.
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VetteGuy
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Mandeville
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| re: How do you "break in" a pistol (Posted on 12/28/12 at 5:56 pm to PvilleP)
But I want to start killing people now!
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