J E Custom
Well-Known Member
I don't think that a barrel will be worn out after a predetermined number of rounds.
Barrel wear is caused by Use and abuse. Everyone has different uses and many different ways to abuse ANY barrel. So if someone tells you
that you wont get 500 rounds through it before the accuracy goes, what their realy saying is that they didn't get 500 rounds through theirs or they are just quoiting what someone else said.
If we practice not doing all the things that we know will damage a barrel, they will last a lot longer. I have freshened up barrels that have been abused one way or the other buy setting the chamber back one thread and they returned to previous accuracy.
The throat is abused the most and shows the problems faster that the rest of the barrel, this can be fixed or remedied in the first place and barrel life can/will be extended. the many reasons and abuses have been talked about many times on this site and if this information was followed this problem would be minimized.
Abuse comes in many forms and barrel life is dependent on the level of that abuse. some cartridges will wear the barrel out sooner than others but most of the differences lie in the practices, not the cartridge.
If I were to ask how many rounds you could fire in a 308 before accuracy went away the numbers would vary a great deal from one person to another, So where is the lies difference from one 308 rifle to another 308 rifle.
Again: my opinion is "Use and Abuse"
J E CUSTOM
Barrel wear is caused by Use and abuse. Everyone has different uses and many different ways to abuse ANY barrel. So if someone tells you
that you wont get 500 rounds through it before the accuracy goes, what their realy saying is that they didn't get 500 rounds through theirs or they are just quoiting what someone else said.
If we practice not doing all the things that we know will damage a barrel, they will last a lot longer. I have freshened up barrels that have been abused one way or the other buy setting the chamber back one thread and they returned to previous accuracy.
The throat is abused the most and shows the problems faster that the rest of the barrel, this can be fixed or remedied in the first place and barrel life can/will be extended. the many reasons and abuses have been talked about many times on this site and if this information was followed this problem would be minimized.
Abuse comes in many forms and barrel life is dependent on the level of that abuse. some cartridges will wear the barrel out sooner than others but most of the differences lie in the practices, not the cartridge.
If I were to ask how many rounds you could fire in a 308 before accuracy went away the numbers would vary a great deal from one person to another, So where is the lies difference from one 308 rifle to another 308 rifle.
Again: my opinion is "Use and Abuse"
J E CUSTOM