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6.5 Creedmoor Barrel Life
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<blockquote data-quote="lightshooter" data-source="post: 1515727" data-attributes="member: 96114"><p>My first barrel only lasted about 1,200 rounds to where the accuracy was unacceptable for me, groups opened up to about 1.5 moa. I chased the lands trying to make it last, but the OAL was becoming to long for my magazines. When that barrel was new and after my load development I was able to shoot bug holes at 100 yards. That barrel was a Shilen SS heavy varmint, it was accurate but didn't last as long as I had hoped. I was shooting a bit of a hot load, 43.1 grains of H4350 140 hybrids at about 2880 fps. Also I was shooting PRS style shooting and probably not letting the barrel cool enough and on hot days. Now I'm on my 2nd barrel which is a Bartlein SS heavier profile. I reduced my load to the next node which is 41.0 grains of H4350 140 hybrids at 2700 fps, in hopes to make this barrel last more than 2,000 rounds. I'm still able to shoot bug holes. I haven't shot the new barrel at 1,000 yards yet, but I don't think the reduced velocity will effect me that much at that distance.</p><p>Now I'm not saying Shilen is a bad barrel. There's a guy who shoots in the group I was shooting with, he had a Bartlein barrel shooting 6mm Creedmoor and I don't think his barrel even made it to 1,000 rounds. I think every once in a while there's a lemon in a batch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lightshooter, post: 1515727, member: 96114"] My first barrel only lasted about 1,200 rounds to where the accuracy was unacceptable for me, groups opened up to about 1.5 moa. I chased the lands trying to make it last, but the OAL was becoming to long for my magazines. When that barrel was new and after my load development I was able to shoot bug holes at 100 yards. That barrel was a Shilen SS heavy varmint, it was accurate but didn't last as long as I had hoped. I was shooting a bit of a hot load, 43.1 grains of H4350 140 hybrids at about 2880 fps. Also I was shooting PRS style shooting and probably not letting the barrel cool enough and on hot days. Now I'm on my 2nd barrel which is a Bartlein SS heavier profile. I reduced my load to the next node which is 41.0 grains of H4350 140 hybrids at 2700 fps, in hopes to make this barrel last more than 2,000 rounds. I'm still able to shoot bug holes. I haven't shot the new barrel at 1,000 yards yet, but I don't think the reduced velocity will effect me that much at that distance. Now I'm not saying Shilen is a bad barrel. There's a guy who shoots in the group I was shooting with, he had a Bartlein barrel shooting 6mm Creedmoor and I don't think his barrel even made it to 1,000 rounds. I think every once in a while there's a lemon in a batch. [/QUOTE]
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