Does anybody have any idea on the barrel life (approx # of rounds) of a standard out of the box hunting rifle (Savage,Browning,Rem etc...) in 223 ??
Just loading standard hunting rounds from say 3250-3400fps.
Thanks.
Kevin.
the precise amount of rounds in a 223 before it is no good anymore is an a$$load. Just don't over clean it and shoot junk ammo through it and you will be fine.
How much cleaning is to much? Or not enough?
Thanks
KR.
What's often generalized, to outright missed in discussion, is the qualifiers.
There ALWAYS are..
There are atleast three directly related to barrel life:
1. How you define barrel death
2. The rate of fire
3. The heat, duration of it, and pressure, released on a given area, with each shot
With this in an extreme, you could wipe out(for use by some) a 223, in under 1,000rds.
It is very possible, and I've seen it at my range. I've seen red hot smoking barrels, with bits of rifling dropping out of flash hider holes.
I picked up a piece and talked to a shooter who thought like many so far. But his gun still served it's purpose(assault), and that's qualifier #1.