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7mm rem mag barrel life?????
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<blockquote data-quote="crazyhorse" data-source="post: 1805754" data-attributes="member: 3056"><p>Everyone has their favorite caliber and mine is hands down the 7RM! For me it's the best blend of power, speed and accuracy without being overly inefficient and obnoxious. </p><p></p><p>I've owned several over the years and settled on a fully customized 700 Sendero. Before it had any aftermarket work done the factory barrel reliably lasted well past 1500 rounds. It was around that mark I decided to send it off to one of the bigger names for blueprinting and one of their barrels. When it came back it took some searching to find a load but would shoot good once the homework was done. Well being the lucky guy I am, it seems I found one of the "bad" barrels that you hear folks mention even when you pay premium prices from a reputable outfit. It became increasingly picky around the 300 round mark and had always copper fouled horribly. Around the 500 round mark it wouldn't hold 5moa at 100yds and it went south really fast. </p><p>I won't mention the name of the company with the bad barrel (pm if you must know) but I will tell you I replaced it with a Bartlien and it's been an absolute hammer ever since! I'm only about 300 rounds into the new barrel but it cleans up easily and shoots most everything I try. </p><p>All that being said I don't have a hard number for barrel life of the 7RM but my experience is somewhere around 1400-1500 if you take care not to run it hot and clean properly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crazyhorse, post: 1805754, member: 3056"] Everyone has their favorite caliber and mine is hands down the 7RM! For me it’s the best blend of power, speed and accuracy without being overly inefficient and obnoxious. I’ve owned several over the years and settled on a fully customized 700 Sendero. Before it had any aftermarket work done the factory barrel reliably lasted well past 1500 rounds. It was around that mark I decided to send it off to one of the bigger names for blueprinting and one of their barrels. When it came back it took some searching to find a load but would shoot good once the homework was done. Well being the lucky guy I am, it seems I found one of the “bad” barrels that you hear folks mention even when you pay premium prices from a reputable outfit. It became increasingly picky around the 300 round mark and had always copper fouled horribly. Around the 500 round mark it wouldn’t hold 5moa at 100yds and it went south really fast. I won’t mention the name of the company with the bad barrel (pm if you must know) but I will tell you I replaced it with a Bartlien and it’s been an absolute hammer ever since! I’m only about 300 rounds into the new barrel but it cleans up easily and shoots most everything I try. All that being said I don’t have a hard number for barrel life of the 7RM but my experience is somewhere around 1400-1500 if you take care not to run it hot and clean properly. [/QUOTE]
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