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Is all fire cracking bad
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<blockquote data-quote="milo-2" data-source="post: 1723047" data-attributes="member: 33622"><p>You did not say how far it extends into the barrel, just that it starts 1/4" in, where it usually does. To answer your question if all fire cracking is bad, well, nothing good can come from it really.</p><p>You mention it does not shoot like others you've owned, and now that you have a borescope and can see discrepancies, I doubt you will ever trust the barrel.</p><p>This is my opinion, you can buy the same brand of barrels repeatedly, but sooner or later you will get one that is softer or harder steel, not sure which, that will crack like that prematurely, when others have not. I've shot Hawk Hill exclusively for 4 yrs, most hold up, but I have a Dasher barrel that looked worse than yours in 600 rds. It's at 1200 now, looking worse but still hammering, so they can still shoot, just a time bomb though.</p><p>All barrels eventually fire crack, you are pushing 85+ grains of powder, a lot of heat in a small area, the faster the firing rate, worse it gets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milo-2, post: 1723047, member: 33622"] You did not say how far it extends into the barrel, just that it starts 1/4" in, where it usually does. To answer your question if all fire cracking is bad, well, nothing good can come from it really. You mention it does not shoot like others you've owned, and now that you have a borescope and can see discrepancies, I doubt you will ever trust the barrel. This is my opinion, you can buy the same brand of barrels repeatedly, but sooner or later you will get one that is softer or harder steel, not sure which, that will crack like that prematurely, when others have not. I've shot Hawk Hill exclusively for 4 yrs, most hold up, but I have a Dasher barrel that looked worse than yours in 600 rds. It's at 1200 now, looking worse but still hammering, so they can still shoot, just a time bomb though. All barrels eventually fire crack, you are pushing 85+ grains of powder, a lot of heat in a small area, the faster the firing rate, worse it gets. [/QUOTE]
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