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<blockquote data-quote="FURMAN" data-source="post: 1782523" data-attributes="member: 26535"><p>You can't beat physics. Barrel life will me relative to powder charge and burn rate. If all three cartridges are using the same capacity then barrel life will be relative to case capacity. In my personal opinion you should not be shooting at game if you are not practicing. When you practice enough with a particular rifle you will be shooting enough to actually care about barrel life. I personally will not shoot a rifle at game long distance if it will not shoot under .5 moa in controlled conditions out to my max distance. None of the 3 cartridges are going to shoot under .5 for 1500 rounds let alone 2k when shooting just as I described. If you shoot the rifle 20 times a year and the throat NEVER gets hot maybe but still seriously doubt it and in that case I do not believe for a second you can be proficient enough to be shooting at long range animals. The 300 WSM is far more efficient than the three cartridges being discussed and can't get much over 1500 accurate rounds when shot slow fire so no way something with 10-15 grains more powder is going to do it. Again we have to deal with those pesky physics. I would say on average the three cartridges are going to have barrel life with my accuracy expectations from 800-1000. I would bet money the useful barrel life between the 300WM, 300PRC, and the 30 Nosler would be within 50 rounds of each other if you actually took 15 barrels of each and shot them until they would not meet my expectations. Even with 15 of each I am not sure of the statistical value. My 300 PRC did not compete performance wise with any of my 4 30 Noslers and was a huge PIA to tune. It will be my one and only. My 30 Noslers have been far easier to tune and keep in tune than my WMs. To those that don't tune to get the most of their rifle/load at long distance this is a topic I will not argue. I have had enough of each to see the difference. I will stay with the 30 Nosler until I can no longer get components. I will be building a 300WSM in the next couple years with a long throat in a long action to see how close I can get in performance while reaping the far superior accuracy of the WSM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FURMAN, post: 1782523, member: 26535"] You can't beat physics. Barrel life will me relative to powder charge and burn rate. If all three cartridges are using the same capacity then barrel life will be relative to case capacity. In my personal opinion you should not be shooting at game if you are not practicing. When you practice enough with a particular rifle you will be shooting enough to actually care about barrel life. I personally will not shoot a rifle at game long distance if it will not shoot under .5 moa in controlled conditions out to my max distance. None of the 3 cartridges are going to shoot under .5 for 1500 rounds let alone 2k when shooting just as I described. If you shoot the rifle 20 times a year and the throat NEVER gets hot maybe but still seriously doubt it and in that case I do not believe for a second you can be proficient enough to be shooting at long range animals. The 300 WSM is far more efficient than the three cartridges being discussed and can't get much over 1500 accurate rounds when shot slow fire so no way something with 10-15 grains more powder is going to do it. Again we have to deal with those pesky physics. I would say on average the three cartridges are going to have barrel life with my accuracy expectations from 800-1000. I would bet money the useful barrel life between the 300WM, 300PRC, and the 30 Nosler would be within 50 rounds of each other if you actually took 15 barrels of each and shot them until they would not meet my expectations. Even with 15 of each I am not sure of the statistical value. My 300 PRC did not compete performance wise with any of my 4 30 Noslers and was a huge PIA to tune. It will be my one and only. My 30 Noslers have been far easier to tune and keep in tune than my WMs. To those that don't tune to get the most of their rifle/load at long distance this is a topic I will not argue. I have had enough of each to see the difference. I will stay with the 30 Nosler until I can no longer get components. I will be building a 300WSM in the next couple years with a long throat in a long action to see how close I can get in performance while reaping the far superior accuracy of the WSM. [/QUOTE]
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