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<blockquote data-quote="ol mike" data-source="post: 247455" data-attributes="member: 4683"><p>Barrel life is something talked about alot in competition shooting and spills heavily over onto hunting forums.Shooting 15 shots back to back is pretty much unheard of w/a hunting rifle -as long as you leave out praire dogs and ground squirrels .</p><p>As long as you shoot a 300rum slow -never letting it feel hot to the touch it should go 1500 rounds i would think -a guess of coarse-..</p><p>Also keeping the barrel clean will help -i use wipe-out bore foam w/ the accelerator so my rifles rarely see a brush and when they do it's a nylon brush -that cuts out more metal to metal friction -not much but some.</p><p>With a hunting rifle i couldn't give a rats-*** about a five shot group - i don't remember ever shooting more than three times .</p><p>My usual way of testing longrange groups is shooting two back to back shots -the first shot is the absolute most important the second is to see if i can back it up.If i were to miss an animal on the first and second shot -i wouldn't consider taking a third shot so a third -fourth and fifth shot doesn't mean much to me.</p><p>Practicing using this mentality saves many rounds down a barrel and you'll basically never worry about a shot out barrel in a hunting rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ol mike, post: 247455, member: 4683"] Barrel life is something talked about alot in competition shooting and spills heavily over onto hunting forums.Shooting 15 shots back to back is pretty much unheard of w/a hunting rifle -as long as you leave out praire dogs and ground squirrels . As long as you shoot a 300rum slow -never letting it feel hot to the touch it should go 1500 rounds i would think -a guess of coarse-.. Also keeping the barrel clean will help -i use wipe-out bore foam w/ the accelerator so my rifles rarely see a brush and when they do it's a nylon brush -that cuts out more metal to metal friction -not much but some. With a hunting rifle i couldn't give a rats-*** about a five shot group - i don't remember ever shooting more than three times . My usual way of testing longrange groups is shooting two back to back shots -the first shot is the absolute most important the second is to see if i can back it up.If i were to miss an animal on the first and second shot -i wouldn't consider taking a third shot so a third -fourth and fifth shot doesn't mean much to me. Practicing using this mentality saves many rounds down a barrel and you'll basically never worry about a shot out barrel in a hunting rifle. [/QUOTE]
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