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Opinions wanted, or facts...About 6.5x284 or 260 barrel life
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 588367" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>Looking for some insight on the difference between these two. </p><p></p><p>It seems like most guys run the 140s in the 6.5x284 at 3000 FPS+. Guys complain about the short barrel life. If a shooter was going to drop the velocity to 2800 FPS, would he see a significant increase in barrel life?</p><p></p><p>On the flip side, it seems that the same speed out of the 260 is easily attainable but it seems that running 140s in a 260 at 2800 is a high pressure load? Am I wrong here?</p><p></p><p>All that said, if you drop pressure on the 6.5x284 and increase the pressure in a 260 to reach the same velocity, which do you think will offer better barrel life and why/why not?</p><p></p><p>Will a 3 groove barrel increase life a bit or am I going to run into other problems suing the 3 groove such as bullet disitegration?</p><p></p><p>I would be more than happy running 140s at 2800 but would like to do it optmizing barrel life. I'm stuck on either the 260 or the 6.5x284.</p><p></p><p>As always, thanks.</p><p></p><p>M</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 588367, member: 1007"] Looking for some insight on the difference between these two. It seems like most guys run the 140s in the 6.5x284 at 3000 FPS+. Guys complain about the short barrel life. If a shooter was going to drop the velocity to 2800 FPS, would he see a significant increase in barrel life? On the flip side, it seems that the same speed out of the 260 is easily attainable but it seems that running 140s in a 260 at 2800 is a high pressure load? Am I wrong here? All that said, if you drop pressure on the 6.5x284 and increase the pressure in a 260 to reach the same velocity, which do you think will offer better barrel life and why/why not? Will a 3 groove barrel increase life a bit or am I going to run into other problems suing the 3 groove such as bullet disitegration? I would be more than happy running 140s at 2800 but would like to do it optmizing barrel life. I'm stuck on either the 260 or the 6.5x284. As always, thanks. M [/QUOTE]
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