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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 387268" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>JE, that's exactly what I believe. The heavier barrel will take more shots to heat it up and the greater surface area will give faster cooling. I was hoping to get a few more responses before I came out with my view but there it is.</p><p> </p><p>To illustrate... my Sendero barrel has about twice the mass as my Finnlight and about 25% more surface area. So if we were to put some math to it, it would cool about 25% faster than the Finnlight. In theory, you should be able to a round every 4 min through the Sendero to the Finnlight's every 5 min (same load). Not a big difference, but the principle is the barrel with the biggest surface area cools faster, like with fluting.</p><p> </p><p>And I have also found out that it seemed my rifles cooled relatively quickly when I put them muzzle up in a rack at the range with the action open. i didn't think about the chimney effect, but it makes sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 387268, member: 11717"] JE, that's exactly what I believe. The heavier barrel will take more shots to heat it up and the greater surface area will give faster cooling. I was hoping to get a few more responses before I came out with my view but there it is. To illustrate... my Sendero barrel has about twice the mass as my Finnlight and about 25% more surface area. So if we were to put some math to it, it would cool about 25% faster than the Finnlight. In theory, you should be able to a round every 4 min through the Sendero to the Finnlight's every 5 min (same load). Not a big difference, but the principle is the barrel with the biggest surface area cools faster, like with fluting. And I have also found out that it seemed my rifles cooled relatively quickly when I put them muzzle up in a rack at the range with the action open. i didn't think about the chimney effect, but it makes sense. [/QUOTE]
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