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Overbore Index Chart & 26 Nosler
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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 965162" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p>J E Custom</p><p> </p><p>That is some really good info on barrels. Thank you for taking the time to explain. It did however make my head hurt just thinking about all that. It is pretty clear that how you use a rifle can make it worse. My nephew was working a p-dog field over in Montana on a warm day. They were out there thick and he kind of lost track of his rifle - 220 Swift. Later he checked the distance to the lands in case there had been some wear and the bullet went 6 inches up the barrel. He had literally melted the first 6 inches of the rifling and needless to say he found the accuracy was gone too. He has 4 young kids and a rebarrel is not on the top of the priority list so the rifle is basically useless. I'm going to do as you suggested and shoot the 26 Nosler until it needs a rebarrel but since it is a hunting rifle that might take a while. I've got a Savage LRP in 260 Rem to use if I just want to throw shot after shot which it can do without undue harm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 965162, member: 63138"] J E Custom That is some really good info on barrels. Thank you for taking the time to explain. It did however make my head hurt just thinking about all that. It is pretty clear that how you use a rifle can make it worse. My nephew was working a p-dog field over in Montana on a warm day. They were out there thick and he kind of lost track of his rifle - 220 Swift. Later he checked the distance to the lands in case there had been some wear and the bullet went 6 inches up the barrel. He had literally melted the first 6 inches of the rifling and needless to say he found the accuracy was gone too. He has 4 young kids and a rebarrel is not on the top of the priority list so the rifle is basically useless. I'm going to do as you suggested and shoot the 26 Nosler until it needs a rebarrel but since it is a hunting rifle that might take a while. I've got a Savage LRP in 260 Rem to use if I just want to throw shot after shot which it can do without undue harm. [/QUOTE]
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