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<blockquote data-quote="Canhunter35" data-source="post: 1395883" data-attributes="member: 101677"><p>This is a good thread!</p><p>One thing I wonder about when ppl worry about burning out a barrel...look at the cost of using it?</p><p>An overbore round with 1500rd accuracy still takes more money spent in ammo to burn it out than what a new barrel and replacing it costs.</p><p>It's a strange concept when deciding on a cartridge considering how few guys burn out barrels yet it's in the top points of negating a magnum.</p><p></p><p>I have a 257 I've shot the snot out of. It's what I learned to reload with, started with poor bullet choices, kept experimenting and finally settled on a single load near the end of its life. Still shot 8-9 deer with it, lots of coyotes over a decade of shooting it. point I'm trying to make is if a person makes one load, or even two factoring that the first load doesn't work out. Then with some shooting to check your zero and dope before deer season. There is years of hunting with overbore cartridges.</p><p>But I did buy a 308 for practice and take it hunting all the time because I'm comfortable with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canhunter35, post: 1395883, member: 101677"] This is a good thread! One thing I wonder about when ppl worry about burning out a barrel...look at the cost of using it? An overbore round with 1500rd accuracy still takes more money spent in ammo to burn it out than what a new barrel and replacing it costs. It’s a strange concept when deciding on a cartridge considering how few guys burn out barrels yet it’s in the top points of negating a magnum. I have a 257 I’ve shot the snot out of. It’s what I learned to reload with, started with poor bullet choices, kept experimenting and finally settled on a single load near the end of its life. Still shot 8-9 deer with it, lots of coyotes over a decade of shooting it. point I’m trying to make is if a person makes one load, or even two factoring that the first load doesn’t work out. Then with some shooting to check your zero and dope before deer season. There is years of hunting with overbore cartridges. But I did buy a 308 for practice and take it hunting all the time because I’m comfortable with it. [/QUOTE]
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