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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 285693" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>Where is the fun in that?</p><p></p><p>Maybe this is why I am so drawn towards calibers like the 308. I enjoy testing ALOT and developing ALOT. I enjoy getting to know a given rifle by putting nearly 1000 rounds down the bore before ever taking it to a match or hunting. In calibers like the 300 RUM as I have learned the hard way, the barrels are nearly gone by the time I get to know it the way I like to. I almost always find a load that works well beyond my expectations by spending mass quantities of time behing the stick. This also keeps me from going crazey and off of drugs. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I have had my new hart barrel for 4 weeks now and have over 400 rounds through her. I know what bullets she likes and disslikes, what powders she likes and wont digest. When I go to the field after game, I have enough time behind it and confidence with it so there isnt so much as even a thought in the back of my mind that maybe the bullet wont find its mark this time. When I pull the trigger, I know it is there.</p><p></p><p>If I could afford a 300 RUM barrel every 3-4 months, I guess I would get pretty married to the 300 RUM as well. It is interesting that of the two 300 RUM barrels I have had, the loading data for the 180's at the sweet spot were identical. Now I have a 338 EDGE barrel in the works and hope to heaven that the typical 92-94 GR. H1000 load under the 300 SMK will work as I have no desire to waste barrel life developing loads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 285693, member: 1007"] Where is the fun in that? Maybe this is why I am so drawn towards calibers like the 308. I enjoy testing ALOT and developing ALOT. I enjoy getting to know a given rifle by putting nearly 1000 rounds down the bore before ever taking it to a match or hunting. In calibers like the 300 RUM as I have learned the hard way, the barrels are nearly gone by the time I get to know it the way I like to. I almost always find a load that works well beyond my expectations by spending mass quantities of time behing the stick. This also keeps me from going crazey and off of drugs. :D I have had my new hart barrel for 4 weeks now and have over 400 rounds through her. I know what bullets she likes and disslikes, what powders she likes and wont digest. When I go to the field after game, I have enough time behind it and confidence with it so there isnt so much as even a thought in the back of my mind that maybe the bullet wont find its mark this time. When I pull the trigger, I know it is there. If I could afford a 300 RUM barrel every 3-4 months, I guess I would get pretty married to the 300 RUM as well. It is interesting that of the two 300 RUM barrels I have had, the loading data for the 180's at the sweet spot were identical. Now I have a 338 EDGE barrel in the works and hope to heaven that the typical 92-94 GR. H1000 load under the 300 SMK will work as I have no desire to waste barrel life developing loads. [/QUOTE]
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