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<blockquote data-quote="joseph" data-source="post: 385849" data-attributes="member: 19151"><p>I had a verrry accurate .243. It was set up for bench rest shooting and varmint hunting. It would consistently shoot 5 shots in the .2s and .3s at 100 yds. bench shooting. By the end of the first summer (3 months) the barrel was shot out and would only shoot 3/4" groups or larger. To find out how bad the barrel was I cut the barrel on a band saw in half from one end to the other to see what happened to the bore. I was amazed that the rifling was almost completely gone for 8 inches from the chamber. </p><p></p><p>Now I shoot a 6mm Norma BR. using Laupa brass and have a tight chamber with a neck inside diameter of .271" and no neck turning of the brass.</p><p></p><p>joseph</p><p></p><p>PS: I was in a rush to get to work and should have added this. This was back in 1971 and at the time I did not know that you could burn out a barrel until it was to late. I also didn't know about not shooting it when the barrel was so hot you could hardly touch it. There weren't any ranges or clubs where I lived and only shot targets with friends on a farmers field. Anyway I know I shot it a lot, but don't know how many rounds went down the barrel. It could have been 5,000 for all I know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joseph, post: 385849, member: 19151"] I had a verrry accurate .243. It was set up for bench rest shooting and varmint hunting. It would consistently shoot 5 shots in the .2s and .3s at 100 yds. bench shooting. By the end of the first summer (3 months) the barrel was shot out and would only shoot 3/4" groups or larger. To find out how bad the barrel was I cut the barrel on a band saw in half from one end to the other to see what happened to the bore. I was amazed that the rifling was almost completely gone for 8 inches from the chamber. Now I shoot a 6mm Norma BR. using Laupa brass and have a tight chamber with a neck inside diameter of .271" and no neck turning of the brass. joseph PS: I was in a rush to get to work and should have added this. This was back in 1971 and at the time I did not know that you could burn out a barrel until it was to late. I also didn't know about not shooting it when the barrel was so hot you could hardly touch it. There weren't any ranges or clubs where I lived and only shot targets with friends on a farmers field. Anyway I know I shot it a lot, but don't know how many rounds went down the barrel. It could have been 5,000 for all I know. [/QUOTE]
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