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223 Barrel life for a hunting rifle??
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<blockquote data-quote="Fitch" data-source="post: 482356" data-attributes="member: 19372"><p>The answer depends on how accurate the rifle needs to be for what you do with it. I ground hog hunt with mine.</p><p> </p><p>I clean my CZ527 American .223 at the end of the ground hog season. I put three fouling rounds through it in the spring when I see the first road kill GH, check the zero, and then hunt with it all summer. </p><p> </p><p>I shoot 40g NBT almost exclusively in it. They leave the muzzle at around 3650, terminal performance on GH is outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>It's up around ~2000 rounds and killing all the ground hogs I put the cross hairs on. I expect it to last till I can't pick it up anymore. But if it doesn't, I'll just rebarrel it and start over. I reach in the gun safe and that is the rifle that sticks to my hand in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>Fitch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fitch, post: 482356, member: 19372"] The answer depends on how accurate the rifle needs to be for what you do with it. I ground hog hunt with mine. I clean my CZ527 American .223 at the end of the ground hog season. I put three fouling rounds through it in the spring when I see the first road kill GH, check the zero, and then hunt with it all summer. I shoot 40g NBT almost exclusively in it. They leave the muzzle at around 3650, terminal performance on GH is outstanding. It's up around ~2000 rounds and killing all the ground hogs I put the cross hairs on. I expect it to last till I can't pick it up anymore. But if it doesn't, I'll just rebarrel it and start over. I reach in the gun safe and that is the rifle that sticks to my hand in the summer. Fitch [/QUOTE]
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