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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 2444914" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>If you're not shooting a lot burning out a barrel isn't much of a consideration.</p><p></p><p>If you're a dedicated varmint hunter barrels are considered to be expendable.</p><p></p><p>It's not unusual for a PD hunter to take 200-1000 shots on a three to five day hunt and even moderate velocity rounds like the .223 will eat up barrels shooting that much.</p><p></p><p>If you're a more typical hunter who's only going to shoot enough to find a good load and then shoot from one to five animals a year even the worst "barrel burners" are going to last you a lifetime.</p><p></p><p>I limit my high volume shooting to such things as my .260 Remingtons which should easily give me 2,000-4,000 rds of live before needing to be set back and rechambered or replaced.</p><p></p><p>I'm luckier than most though, I've accumulated a large collection of rifles in calibers from .204 Ruger to 300Rum with some crazy fast rounds like the .220 Swift and 6.5LRM so I can always pick from quite an assortment and not have to worry about burning out any of them since I have at least three in each caliber/cartridge.</p><p></p><p>If one starts to get hot I can put it down and pick up another.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 2444914, member: 30902"] If you're not shooting a lot burning out a barrel isn't much of a consideration. If you're a dedicated varmint hunter barrels are considered to be expendable. It's not unusual for a PD hunter to take 200-1000 shots on a three to five day hunt and even moderate velocity rounds like the .223 will eat up barrels shooting that much. If you're a more typical hunter who's only going to shoot enough to find a good load and then shoot from one to five animals a year even the worst "barrel burners" are going to last you a lifetime. I limit my high volume shooting to such things as my .260 Remingtons which should easily give me 2,000-4,000 rds of live before needing to be set back and rechambered or replaced. I'm luckier than most though, I've accumulated a large collection of rifles in calibers from .204 Ruger to 300Rum with some crazy fast rounds like the .220 Swift and 6.5LRM so I can always pick from quite an assortment and not have to worry about burning out any of them since I have at least three in each caliber/cartridge. If one starts to get hot I can put it down and pick up another. [/QUOTE]
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