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how do you measure barrel temperature in a reliable manner?
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<blockquote data-quote="Muddyboots" data-source="post: 2279928" data-attributes="member: 63925"><p>A Christmas Story comes to mind and suggest putting your tongue on barrel. If you leave skin, too hot. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></p><p>Instead of measuring temps, best way to extend shooting of a specific rifle is to cool it down through air cooling pump assist which cools chamber and entire barrel down from inside out. Tons of LRH threads on this. It does work, but on hot day 80+, it will be slowwwwww process. Some cool air down through crushed ice water. I have used a pump to cool barrels for probably 25 years and I still bring other rifles to shoot while one is cooling. I try to get barrel down within 10 degrees of ambient temperature which has worked for me. If it is a belted magnum, short magnum, or other high capacity cases high velocity, it will heat up faster and take longer to cool down. Just a product of the firestorm you are putting down your barrel.</p><p></p><p>I understand it is nice to have "data" on how hot the barrel is versus velocity but why not just cool the barrel down? If only 5-10 shots it shouldn't take that long to cool down.</p><p></p><p>Is San Fran that bad?<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Muddyboots, post: 2279928, member: 63925"] A Christmas Story comes to mind and suggest putting your tongue on barrel. If you leave skin, too hot. 🤣 Instead of measuring temps, best way to extend shooting of a specific rifle is to cool it down through air cooling pump assist which cools chamber and entire barrel down from inside out. Tons of LRH threads on this. It does work, but on hot day 80+, it will be slowwwwww process. Some cool air down through crushed ice water. I have used a pump to cool barrels for probably 25 years and I still bring other rifles to shoot while one is cooling. I try to get barrel down within 10 degrees of ambient temperature which has worked for me. If it is a belted magnum, short magnum, or other high capacity cases high velocity, it will heat up faster and take longer to cool down. Just a product of the firestorm you are putting down your barrel. I understand it is nice to have "data" on how hot the barrel is versus velocity but why not just cool the barrel down? If only 5-10 shots it shouldn't take that long to cool down. Is San Fran that bad?:eek: [/QUOTE]
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