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What barrel for new build?
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<blockquote data-quote="Derek M." data-source="post: 723482" data-attributes="member: 2693"><p>Concerning barrel life, one also has to take into consideration barrel composition. Look at Lilja barrels. As I understood it, he uses Carpenter steel, not Crucible. His barrels, as well as Lothar Walther are a much harder steel, yet they are button rifled. What barrel would last longer, a button rifled chrome moly barrel or a stainless cut rifled barrel? What about vice versa?</p><p></p><p> I suppose there is a way to speak generally about how long a type of rifled barrel will last but that would take a duplication of shooting in the same caliber, with the same loads, and shooting in the same manner until the barrels tested are truly no longer usable, even after setting them back. Then, the testing would have to be repeated and have the same outcome. I don't know of anyone who has done that. If someone has, I'm not aware of it and have never read their results.</p><p></p><p>I baby my rifles, never letting the throats get beyond warm anyway. I don't think I'll ever find out, in my lifetime, which one lasts longer. That is, unless, I take up benchrest competition, which I am interested in.</p><p></p><p>I imagine that shooting some greatly overbore cartridges would be useful in doing such a test as it would take less time and ammo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Derek M., post: 723482, member: 2693"] Concerning barrel life, one also has to take into consideration barrel composition. Look at Lilja barrels. As I understood it, he uses Carpenter steel, not Crucible. His barrels, as well as Lothar Walther are a much harder steel, yet they are button rifled. What barrel would last longer, a button rifled chrome moly barrel or a stainless cut rifled barrel? What about vice versa? I suppose there is a way to speak generally about how long a type of rifled barrel will last but that would take a duplication of shooting in the same caliber, with the same loads, and shooting in the same manner until the barrels tested are truly no longer usable, even after setting them back. Then, the testing would have to be repeated and have the same outcome. I don't know of anyone who has done that. If someone has, I'm not aware of it and have never read their results. I baby my rifles, never letting the throats get beyond warm anyway. I don't think I'll ever find out, in my lifetime, which one lasts longer. That is, unless, I take up benchrest competition, which I am interested in. I imagine that shooting some greatly overbore cartridges would be useful in doing such a test as it would take less time and ammo. [/QUOTE]
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