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barrel life shooting prairie dogs
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<blockquote data-quote="Capt Kurt" data-source="post: 312374" data-attributes="member: 20136"><p>Barrel life varies from rifle to rifle. Heat and dirty barrels is the biggest enemy of your barrel. 30-378 weatherby barrel is good for about 1500 rnd before signs of throat erosion occur. Smaller fast calibers 220 swift and 204 ruger and others might get 3000-4000 rnds before the same occurs. Stainless steel and chrome lined barrels generally get much more, 10,000 to 12,000 rds. But again heat and (dirty barrels) can shorten the life of these barrels as well. As a prairie dog hunter myself i keep track of my ammo fired thru my stainless barrel. Ammo that travels faster that 3000 fps will shorten barrel life. My wilson 223 - 24" bull barrel with 1/8 twist has fired just over 6,500 rnds and most of that has been just over 3000 fps ammo. I clean the barrel after every shoot and have not seen any signs yet of throat erosion. However, if you enjoy the shooting sports don't let this detract from enjoying your rifle. Realize changing out your barrel is part of the process as buying new tires for your car. Hope this helps. Capt kurt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Capt Kurt, post: 312374, member: 20136"] Barrel life varies from rifle to rifle. Heat and dirty barrels is the biggest enemy of your barrel. 30-378 weatherby barrel is good for about 1500 rnd before signs of throat erosion occur. Smaller fast calibers 220 swift and 204 ruger and others might get 3000-4000 rnds before the same occurs. Stainless steel and chrome lined barrels generally get much more, 10,000 to 12,000 rds. But again heat and (dirty barrels) can shorten the life of these barrels as well. As a prairie dog hunter myself i keep track of my ammo fired thru my stainless barrel. Ammo that travels faster that 3000 fps will shorten barrel life. My wilson 223 - 24" bull barrel with 1/8 twist has fired just over 6,500 rnds and most of that has been just over 3000 fps ammo. I clean the barrel after every shoot and have not seen any signs yet of throat erosion. However, if you enjoy the shooting sports don't let this detract from enjoying your rifle. Realize changing out your barrel is part of the process as buying new tires for your car. Hope this helps. Capt kurt [/QUOTE]
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