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Ongoing Saga- 700 VTR in .308
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike6158" data-source="post: 334007" data-attributes="member: 1039"><p>This is just my opinion and I'm certainly no expert but I think the benefit of a shorter triangle barrel, doesn't exist. I also think marketing plays a big part in it. However, I answered your last two questions below and the triangle barrel seems to do what they say it's supposed to do from a cooling perspective. On the other hand, one has to think that it would heat up faster and with more differential due to having less mass and a triangle shape. But I'm no mechanical engineer either...</p><p></p><p>I don't know that shorter is a benefit unless it's from the perspective of easier to carry in the woods. Once I broke it in and we both settled down it seems to shoot the first three or four rounds pretty well for a hunting rifle. It won't be taking over the bench rest scene anytime soon <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>It is not lighter than my Rem 700 BDL in .270. That weighs 3.5 pounds (if my scale is right) and the VTR weighs 9.5 pounds. A lot of that is probably from the HS Precision stock that I put on it. I added the mercury recoil thing that they offer. I absolutely hated the stock when I saw it. The barrel wasn't free floating and it looks like something you would buy at the dollar store. When you factor in the cost of the new stock you can almost buy a Sendero. Since I bought it I'll keep it but I don't know if I would buy it again. </p><p></p><p>This is what I've noticed about the barrel after shooting a few hundred rounds through it. I can shoot three, leave the bolt open, walk 200 yards down to the target to mark them, walk back, and the barrel is cool to the touch. It seems to cool down pretty fast. Conversely, when I shot consecutive rounds to see how many it took to start to see some difference the 5th round was off a good bit and by round 7 it was off a good 4 inches at 200 yards. I was shooting fast so that's probably some of it.</p><p></p><p>During break-in the Sendero I have (7mm Rem Mag) started to settle down and clean easily by about round 7. The VTR took all 20 rounds but it does clean up nicely now and it shoots good enough for what I'm doing with it. In fairness, I shot 40 rounds through it before I did the break-in procedure. I wasn't much of a believer until I bought my Sendero and I decided to do everything I could to make it a good shooter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike6158, post: 334007, member: 1039"] This is just my opinion and I'm certainly no expert but I think the benefit of a shorter triangle barrel, doesn't exist. I also think marketing plays a big part in it. However, I answered your last two questions below and the triangle barrel seems to do what they say it's supposed to do from a cooling perspective. On the other hand, one has to think that it would heat up faster and with more differential due to having less mass and a triangle shape. But I'm no mechanical engineer either... I don't know that shorter is a benefit unless it's from the perspective of easier to carry in the woods. Once I broke it in and we both settled down it seems to shoot the first three or four rounds pretty well for a hunting rifle. It won't be taking over the bench rest scene anytime soon :) It is not lighter than my Rem 700 BDL in .270. That weighs 3.5 pounds (if my scale is right) and the VTR weighs 9.5 pounds. A lot of that is probably from the HS Precision stock that I put on it. I added the mercury recoil thing that they offer. I absolutely hated the stock when I saw it. The barrel wasn't free floating and it looks like something you would buy at the dollar store. When you factor in the cost of the new stock you can almost buy a Sendero. Since I bought it I'll keep it but I don't know if I would buy it again. This is what I've noticed about the barrel after shooting a few hundred rounds through it. I can shoot three, leave the bolt open, walk 200 yards down to the target to mark them, walk back, and the barrel is cool to the touch. It seems to cool down pretty fast. Conversely, when I shot consecutive rounds to see how many it took to start to see some difference the 5th round was off a good bit and by round 7 it was off a good 4 inches at 200 yards. I was shooting fast so that's probably some of it. During break-in the Sendero I have (7mm Rem Mag) started to settle down and clean easily by about round 7. The VTR took all 20 rounds but it does clean up nicely now and it shoots good enough for what I'm doing with it. In fairness, I shot 40 rounds through it before I did the break-in procedure. I wasn't much of a believer until I bought my Sendero and I decided to do everything I could to make it a good shooter. [/QUOTE]
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