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A barrel that may be shot out?
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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 2672281" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>As Mikecr said, "Well, there is a difference between barrel life, and accurate barrel life."</p><p></p><p>My gunsmith recently told me that 95% of the barrels that he replaces on BR rifles would make excellent hunting rifle barrels that would produce good accuracy and last another 1,000 rds.</p><p></p><p>When I first started hunting PA groundhogs in earnest, I was shooting a bone-stock Rem 40X in 22-250. That rifle shot lights out (as they say) for a couple of seasons before accuracy degraded. I also shot the rifle extensively at the bench while learning about load development. Eventually I switched to a heavier/longer bullet and accuracy returned but it wasn't as good as it was originally. I continued to shoot the rifle for another couple of seasons before deciding to rebarrel. When the smith put a borescope down the barrel he was shocked at what he saw in a barrel that I was still shooting. There was no rifling for the first 2 inches!</p><p></p><p>It's amazing what it takes to actually shoot out a barrel and it all depends on what your accuracy criteria is. Today, I tend to replace the barrels on my hunting rifles more than most shooters and the barrels that I remove would probably be much better than a factory barrel and could be repurposed for someone looking to save a few $$$. There is just something about installing a fresh, new custom barrel that makes me smile. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 2672281, member: 313"] As Mikecr said, "Well, there is a difference between barrel life, and accurate barrel life." My gunsmith recently told me that 95% of the barrels that he replaces on BR rifles would make excellent hunting rifle barrels that would produce good accuracy and last another 1,000 rds. When I first started hunting PA groundhogs in earnest, I was shooting a bone-stock Rem 40X in 22-250. That rifle shot lights out (as they say) for a couple of seasons before accuracy degraded. I also shot the rifle extensively at the bench while learning about load development. Eventually I switched to a heavier/longer bullet and accuracy returned but it wasn't as good as it was originally. I continued to shoot the rifle for another couple of seasons before deciding to rebarrel. When the smith put a borescope down the barrel he was shocked at what he saw in a barrel that I was still shooting. There was no rifling for the first 2 inches! It's amazing what it takes to actually shoot out a barrel and it all depends on what your accuracy criteria is. Today, I tend to replace the barrels on my hunting rifles more than most shooters and the barrels that I remove would probably be much better than a factory barrel and could be repurposed for someone looking to save a few $$$. There is just something about installing a fresh, new custom barrel that makes me smile. 😁 [/QUOTE]
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