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<blockquote data-quote="Mikecr" data-source="post: 2544840" data-attributes="member: 1521"><p>I was taught at an early age to put away guns cleaner than pulled.</p><p>With this, my guns are managed as pristine. If I shoot only one shot, I still take the bore to white metal clean and then dry pre-foul it before putting away.</p><p></p><p>This does not hurt barrel life,, but it does not help either.</p><p>The carbon that kills barrels is NOT what we clean out. You can't see it with a borescope.</p><p>I have high hopes for melonite treatment,, perhaps closing of metal surface pores, but we'll see.</p><p></p><p>As far as I know, nobody has ever managed to extend accurate barrel life.</p><p>When you see crazy declarations of barrel life at like ~4K rounds, just recognize that their gun is only -still shooting good. That doesn't mean that it has not gone past it's peak accuracy potential. It just means that it's still shooting good enough.</p><p></p><p>But when you're used to a certain level of result, and at ~1850 rounds that result suddenly opened 1/8moa, and 400 rounds later you couldn't get it back? It ain't ever coming back, and you just need to get used to that. Stop tail chasing.</p><p>It's possible to plan for it, to recognize it, and have another barrel in the waiting. The competitive among competitors know this for sure.</p><p></p><p>If interested, I can send you an accurate barrel life spreadsheet that has not let me down yet. I just can't attach it here..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikecr, post: 2544840, member: 1521"] I was taught at an early age to put away guns cleaner than pulled. With this, my guns are managed as pristine. If I shoot only one shot, I still take the bore to white metal clean and then dry pre-foul it before putting away. This does not hurt barrel life,, but it does not help either. The carbon that kills barrels is NOT what we clean out. You can't see it with a borescope. I have high hopes for melonite treatment,, perhaps closing of metal surface pores, but we'll see. As far as I know, nobody has ever managed to extend accurate barrel life. When you see crazy declarations of barrel life at like ~4K rounds, just recognize that their gun is only -still shooting good. That doesn't mean that it has not gone past it's peak accuracy potential. It just means that it's still shooting good enough. But when you're used to a certain level of result, and at ~1850 rounds that result suddenly opened 1/8moa, and 400 rounds later you couldn't get it back? It ain't ever coming back, and you just need to get used to that. Stop tail chasing. It's possible to plan for it, to recognize it, and have another barrel in the waiting. The competitive among competitors know this for sure. If interested, I can send you an accurate barrel life spreadsheet that has not let me down yet. I just can't attach it here.. [/QUOTE]
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