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<blockquote data-quote="johnnyk" data-source="post: 247395" data-attributes="member: 307"><p>bigmo101,</p><p> Each caliber and barrel will vary, so I think about all you'll really get is a guestimate. I had a 7mm RemMag Sendero with a chrome-moly barrel and got close to 1500 rds through it before I decided to let the rifle go. Accuracy was still 1/2" with it's heat cracked throat. I lost confidence in it after a couple of unexplainable "wild" shots and traded it. It was terrible to clean and almost made me not want to shoot it! I don't remember feeling any noticeable heat cracks until it was like 9" from the chamber. I tried quiet a few bullets in that rifle, but mostly shot the 150gn Ballistic Tip with 67gn of RL22 and CCI BR2. Hope this helps, JohnnyK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnnyk, post: 247395, member: 307"] bigmo101, Each caliber and barrel will vary, so I think about all you'll really get is a guestimate. I had a 7mm RemMag Sendero with a chrome-moly barrel and got close to 1500 rds through it before I decided to let the rifle go. Accuracy was still 1/2" with it's heat cracked throat. I lost confidence in it after a couple of unexplainable "wild" shots and traded it. It was terrible to clean and almost made me not want to shoot it! I don't remember feeling any noticeable heat cracks until it was like 9" from the chamber. I tried quiet a few bullets in that rifle, but mostly shot the 150gn Ballistic Tip with 67gn of RL22 and CCI BR2. Hope this helps, JohnnyK. [/QUOTE]
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