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.300 WSM Barrel Life and comparison to WM
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<blockquote data-quote="RiverRat" data-source="post: 61097" data-attributes="member: 637"><p>Wind Dancer:</p><p>I shoot a 300 WSM in F class matches and I rebarreled after 1457 rounds down the tube. It as a 26" 1 in 11 twist Lilja #7 tapper. The rife as it was set up then weighed in at 13lbs 14 oz. It was no problem to shoot 60 shots for record plus sighters from the prone position with the rifle. I probaly should have rebarreled aftered 1100 rounds but it was near the end of the season and it was still shooting good. It just took forever to get the copper out of the throat area, and I was tired of chasing the lands as the throat erroded further after each match. I have no experience with the 300 Win Mag to compare barrel life between the 2 chamberings. I would think they would be in same ballpark. Match shooting is hard on barrels since they get so hot after 20 shots for record plus the 3 to 5 sighter shots. I would have to think if you careful about how you let the barrel get it could go a few more possibly. As far as recoil goes, the rifle in the near 14 lb range as it was set up originally reminded me of a stiff loaded 175 gr. load in a 7 1/2 lb 308 Win. It was very manageable. The rifle in it's present configuration weighs 17 lbs. 3 oz. and is very easy to shoot with the Sierra 190 gr MK out its 30" Lilja tube. I went with the longer heavier tapper barrel to milk some more velocity out of it and have a longer barrel to cut off and rechamber. </p><p></p><p>RiverRat</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RiverRat, post: 61097, member: 637"] Wind Dancer: I shoot a 300 WSM in F class matches and I rebarreled after 1457 rounds down the tube. It as a 26" 1 in 11 twist Lilja #7 tapper. The rife as it was set up then weighed in at 13lbs 14 oz. It was no problem to shoot 60 shots for record plus sighters from the prone position with the rifle. I probaly should have rebarreled aftered 1100 rounds but it was near the end of the season and it was still shooting good. It just took forever to get the copper out of the throat area, and I was tired of chasing the lands as the throat erroded further after each match. I have no experience with the 300 Win Mag to compare barrel life between the 2 chamberings. I would think they would be in same ballpark. Match shooting is hard on barrels since they get so hot after 20 shots for record plus the 3 to 5 sighter shots. I would have to think if you careful about how you let the barrel get it could go a few more possibly. As far as recoil goes, the rifle in the near 14 lb range as it was set up originally reminded me of a stiff loaded 175 gr. load in a 7 1/2 lb 308 Win. It was very manageable. The rifle in it's present configuration weighs 17 lbs. 3 oz. and is very easy to shoot with the Sierra 190 gr MK out its 30" Lilja tube. I went with the longer heavier tapper barrel to milk some more velocity out of it and have a longer barrel to cut off and rechamber. RiverRat [/QUOTE]
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