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Badlands bulldozer
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1633789" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>I think this would be difficult to tell. I think barrel life comes down more to the amount of powder burning relative to the bore dia than it is to the velif the projectile. Particularly in a hunting rifle. Let's say for argument sale that running a rifle at 3000 fps would give 20% more barrel life than running the same rifle at 3500 fps. Said rifle chambering has a typical barrel life of 2000 rounds. That would mean you would gain 400 shots with slower vel. On a hunting rifle that you shoot 50 shots per year with the life of the rifle would go from 40 years to 48 years. I think 20% is a stretch. I would be surprised if it made more than 100 shot difference in life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1633789, member: 7999"] I think this would be difficult to tell. I think barrel life comes down more to the amount of powder burning relative to the bore dia than it is to the velif the projectile. Particularly in a hunting rifle. Let's say for argument sale that running a rifle at 3000 fps would give 20% more barrel life than running the same rifle at 3500 fps. Said rifle chambering has a typical barrel life of 2000 rounds. That would mean you would gain 400 shots with slower vel. On a hunting rifle that you shoot 50 shots per year with the life of the rifle would go from 40 years to 48 years. I think 20% is a stretch. I would be surprised if it made more than 100 shot difference in life. [/QUOTE]
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