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Severely Overbore Chartidges and short barrel life myths...
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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 427814" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>Boss Hoss,</p><p> </p><p>I totally age. I have a pile of usible barrels sitting on the rack that the owners of the rifle insisted they were shot out. After a total cleaning and a bit of load tweaking, most of these barrels were still shooting between 1/2 and 3/4 moa, especially at longer ranges. </p><p> </p><p>I have found that the older a barrel is, the harder it is to shoot really tight 100 yard groups with them but at longer range they can suprise you at how well they still shoot. My theory is that the older barrels just influence the bullet more and it takes a bit longer for the bullets to stabilize completely and fly true to their center of gravity. May be up in the night about that but I have still seen old barrels that shoot nearly 1 moa at 100 yards and produce under 3/4 moa at 1/2 mile.</p><p> </p><p>Go figure. A gunsmith does not argue to much about replacing a barrel, thats why there is a pile of them on the rack!!!! <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></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 427814, member: 10"] Boss Hoss, I totally age. I have a pile of usible barrels sitting on the rack that the owners of the rifle insisted they were shot out. After a total cleaning and a bit of load tweaking, most of these barrels were still shooting between 1/2 and 3/4 moa, especially at longer ranges. I have found that the older a barrel is, the harder it is to shoot really tight 100 yard groups with them but at longer range they can suprise you at how well they still shoot. My theory is that the older barrels just influence the bullet more and it takes a bit longer for the bullets to stabilize completely and fly true to their center of gravity. May be up in the night about that but I have still seen old barrels that shoot nearly 1 moa at 100 yards and produce under 3/4 moa at 1/2 mile. Go figure. A gunsmith does not argue to much about replacing a barrel, thats why there is a pile of them on the rack!!!! :D [/QUOTE]
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