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| ICEMAN:
On another thread Littletoes was speaking to barrel life. I do not know very much about this topic (shame on me). What do you all know about barrel life? I have a older Rem 721 in .270 which has had easily 4000+ rounds thru it. About half were over the counter type rounds, the other handloads-not too hot. When you talk about barrel life, are we talking about a tiny bit of loss in accuracy? How much...? When do you consider a barrel being shot out...? |
| Slenk:
Ice My oldest son has a 721 in .270 that was my dad's , bought in 1949. It has had a truck load of ammo shot out of it and still shoots great . Myself I wouldn't worry to much about it if I could still put the bullets where I wanted them . There has been a lot of discution of this on the Savage Shooters forum . I think that my Savage .270 will last as long as want to shoot it . I do not load hot though 2800- 2900fps . Now my 22-250 barrel may be a different story at 3600+fps. Slenk |
| actionshooter:
Barrel life is different for different calibers and different makes. It is also depends on your expectations of accuracy. 99% of the hunting rifles will never be shot out. I consider a barrel shot out when it no longer shoots to my standards. At one time I was a very serious match shooter (hence my name, actionshooter), shooting more than 20,000 rounds a year, for several years. Granted that was mostly handgun, but I have only shot out a couple of barrels and by that time the whole gun needed to be gone thru. Steve |
| high country:
you might get 10k rounds through your 223 or you might get 300 from your 30-378 it all depends on many factors. in a factory chambered 270 win, I would not lose any sleep at all. |
| ICEMAN:
Thanks for the info guys. I guess I should concern myself when the gun starts grouping poorly. |
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