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Has anyone tried or heard of anyone playing with this cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="HARPERC" data-source="post: 1459693" data-attributes="member: 30671"><p>I don't think so I think some of the coatings hold promise, but the reality is if you use it you're going to wear it out.</p><p></p><p>My definition of a dead barrel: When it no longer works for what it was intended to do.</p><p>Examples I bought a Howa .223 for the kids to shoot squirrels with. We never found anything that it would shoot minute of squirrel with. I consider that dead on arrival. A Tikka with several days of hard use, (one trip we returned with 18 lbs of brass) is still laying them low. I haven't shot it in a bit but it was a 0.25" rifle in the beginning, even if it's declined to 0.5" it's more than usable.</p><p></p><p>My .338 RUM is rare to see a 3 shot 0.5" group, but the first 2 are dead on, and it remains my favorite long range rock chuck rifle. Past 400 yards it will yield more dead chucks than the .223. Especially if the wind is up.</p><p></p><p>Neither of these would win a bench rest match.</p><p></p><p>Shawn Carlock has posted groups from his LRKM rifles of better than 0.25", 3 shot groups. If after 500 rounds these are 0.5" does that represent a dead barrel? Is reliable 0.75" unusable as a LRH rifle? Sub MOA?</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/111739345552194/photos/a.326619650730828.77968.111739345552194/1811950742197704/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/111739345552194/photos/a.326619650730828.77968.111739345552194/1811950742197704/?type=3&theater</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HARPERC, post: 1459693, member: 30671"] I don't think so I think some of the coatings hold promise, but the reality is if you use it you're going to wear it out. My definition of a dead barrel: When it no longer works for what it was intended to do. Examples I bought a Howa .223 for the kids to shoot squirrels with. We never found anything that it would shoot minute of squirrel with. I consider that dead on arrival. A Tikka with several days of hard use, (one trip we returned with 18 lbs of brass) is still laying them low. I haven't shot it in a bit but it was a 0.25" rifle in the beginning, even if it's declined to 0.5" it's more than usable. My .338 RUM is rare to see a 3 shot 0.5" group, but the first 2 are dead on, and it remains my favorite long range rock chuck rifle. Past 400 yards it will yield more dead chucks than the .223. Especially if the wind is up. Neither of these would win a bench rest match. Shawn Carlock has posted groups from his LRKM rifles of better than 0.25", 3 shot groups. If after 500 rounds these are 0.5" does that represent a dead barrel? Is reliable 0.75" unusable as a LRH rifle? Sub MOA? [URL]https://www.facebook.com/111739345552194/photos/a.326619650730828.77968.111739345552194/1811950742197704/?type=3&theater[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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