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264 Win Mag and Barrel Life
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<blockquote data-quote="CatShooter" data-source="post: 152810" data-attributes="member: 7"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>I was not aware the 6.5-06 was a barrel burner catshooter. So does that mean the 25-06 is a barrel burner as well??? My last one lasted 3000 rounds, thats pretty good if you ask me. Since the 6.5 is a little bigger in bore diameter, I've always been under the influence that you'll get the same or better barrel life. When I shoot this 25-06 out, Its getting rebarreled to a 6.5-06 for sure, maybe even AI. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>Rem...</p><p></p><p>With these large case, small bore cartridges, it's not so much what the caliber is, but how it's loaded.</p><p></p><p>There are folks that can kill a .22-250 in a 1,000 rounds, and others that get 3,500 rounds.</p><p></p><p>The harder you drive it, the less barrel life you will get.</p><p></p><p>For a given pressure level, the heavier the bullet, the shorter the barrel life you will get.</p><p></p><p>Because these rounds are often picked for long range shooting, the owners load heavy bullets at max "plus" loads.</p><p></p><p>Lotsa guys are running the heavy bullets at 65+ Kpsi.</p><p></p><p>Also... old reputations die hard. When the .264WM came out, it was the baddest thing around, and it ate up those old soft steel barrels.</p><p></p><p>That "rep" is still there, and now guys will say that some other hottie, with the same case capacity has three times the case life...</p><p></p><p>I have heard guys say that the 6.5 Gibbs has three times the barrel life of the .264WM... but their Gibbs holds just two or three percent less powder. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif</p><p></p><p>With any of these cases... if you load it reasonably, it will last much longer than it's reputation will imply.</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CatShooter, post: 152810, member: 7"] [ QUOTE ] I was not aware the 6.5-06 was a barrel burner catshooter. So does that mean the 25-06 is a barrel burner as well??? My last one lasted 3000 rounds, thats pretty good if you ask me. Since the 6.5 is a little bigger in bore diameter, I've always been under the influence that you'll get the same or better barrel life. When I shoot this 25-06 out, Its getting rebarreled to a 6.5-06 for sure, maybe even AI. [/ QUOTE ] Rem... With these large case, small bore cartridges, it's not so much what the caliber is, but how it's loaded. There are folks that can kill a .22-250 in a 1,000 rounds, and others that get 3,500 rounds. The harder you drive it, the less barrel life you will get. For a given pressure level, the heavier the bullet, the shorter the barrel life you will get. Because these rounds are often picked for long range shooting, the owners load heavy bullets at max "plus" loads. Lotsa guys are running the heavy bullets at 65+ Kpsi. Also... old reputations die hard. When the .264WM came out, it was the baddest thing around, and it ate up those old soft steel barrels. That "rep" is still there, and now guys will say that some other hottie, with the same case capacity has three times the case life... I have heard guys say that the 6.5 Gibbs has three times the barrel life of the .264WM... but their Gibbs holds just two or three percent less powder. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] With any of these cases... if you load it reasonably, it will last much longer than it's reputation will imply. . [/QUOTE]
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