Breaking in a new gun

I just got my 22 and was wondering if I need to break it in? What do you guys recomend?

Howzit my bradda nah you'll be fine when people talk about breaking in guns its a process regarding barrel fouling etc. it usually includes custom barrels etc. which is another story so i'll stop there. Although it wouldnt harm if you kept up cleaning on your new rifle. it all depends on the rifle sometimes some like to be cleaned while others dont especially when looking at factory guns.

Goodluck with your new rifle! Aloha!

Kauai808, you will find as many different ideas on breaking in a rifle as there are which rifle is best for deer hunting. This is only my opinion , and i have come to this over a period of 25 years and learned from some of the best shooters in America. If you have a custom barrel, say, Lilja, Krieger, Shilen, Hart, Broughton, Schneider or some other high end barrel, they may have there own specific procedure for barrel break in for their warranty to remain in effect, but the facts are that no two pieces of steel shoot the same way even if they come out of the same barrel blank.
If I recall correctly you just purchased a Ruger 10/22. If this is the rifle in question, and I have 2 of these, this rifle is good to go right out of the box for thousands of shots. Since there is no jacket on a .22 there is only pure lead fouling no copper or any type of jacket to foul the bore. The only problem you will most likely incur will be a dirty bolt assembly, the 10/22 is notorious for being dirty there. You should just clean that with CLP or some equivalent ever so often. As far as cleaning the barrel, shoot it until the accuracy goes away cleanit and start shooting again. There are several websites if you do a search on them that will back this up.

Very good advice Jedi and seeing your MOS it doesnt surprise me Thank You Very Much for your service.

Ive got one of these 10/22's myself and yes it was pretty much good to go right out of the box. only trouble I had was it didnt like hi-cap mags. only peice of advise Id add would to be to buy decent ammo. noticed on some rounds it jams fairly regularly.