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6.5 Creedmoor Barrel Life
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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticsGuy" data-source="post: 1513898" data-attributes="member: 96226"><p>Some guys I've met that do competitive rifle shooting in a country where barrel replacement is an ordeal due to the legal situation there have told me that they commonly will take a little axle grease (or something very similar to it) and put a dab on the tip of their bullet before firing. The grease migrates to the shank of the bullet on firing and lubricates the bore the whole way down; in theory, with the bulk of the effect at the origin of the lands which is really what people are burning out when they talk about smoking a barrel in <5000 rounds. They tell me about this method producing ENORMOUS gains in barrel life. I personally don't like the idea but I'm thinking of trying it. They keep their ammo clean until just before firing then dip just the tip of the projectile just a little into the grease, load and fire. I guess the something like 2 million G's (if I'm doing the math right) the bullet undergoes at launch is sufficient to evenly spread the grease down the tip to the shank.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticsGuy, post: 1513898, member: 96226"] Some guys I've met that do competitive rifle shooting in a country where barrel replacement is an ordeal due to the legal situation there have told me that they commonly will take a little axle grease (or something very similar to it) and put a dab on the tip of their bullet before firing. The grease migrates to the shank of the bullet on firing and lubricates the bore the whole way down; in theory, with the bulk of the effect at the origin of the lands which is really what people are burning out when they talk about smoking a barrel in <5000 rounds. They tell me about this method producing ENORMOUS gains in barrel life. I personally don't like the idea but I'm thinking of trying it. They keep their ammo clean until just before firing then dip just the tip of the projectile just a little into the grease, load and fire. I guess the something like 2 million G's (if I'm doing the math right) the bullet undergoes at launch is sufficient to evenly spread the grease down the tip to the shank. [/QUOTE]
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