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Which 6.5? 6.5 Creedmoor, 260 Rem., 6.5x284 etc...
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<blockquote data-quote="BrentM" data-source="post: 1029677" data-attributes="member: 61747"><p>6.5-284 barrel burner. So Yes it is. How long will it last, each person may be different. My stock savage 24" SS barrel has 1700ish round through it. The last time we took it out I set up a load for my brother it shot .5 MOA. 140 berger vld, lapau brass, .100 off the lands, 56.5 retumbo, federal 210m primer. It chronoed and dropped 2900 FPS average. I can get 2970 out of this barrel with 57.5 retumbo but the bolt is sticky so I backed it down. </p><p> </p><p>I took the barrel to my smith who said the throat was getting bad and we need to rechamber the barrel to get more life out of it. If I set it back .010-.015 it will likely go another 300-500. Let's say 400. 2100 rounds with a 1x set back. To me that is not bad unless you shoot 500 rounds a month. I put about 4000 rounds down range last year to get comfortable with LR shooting. It was an expensive training year but well worth it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrentM, post: 1029677, member: 61747"] 6.5-284 barrel burner. So Yes it is. How long will it last, each person may be different. My stock savage 24" SS barrel has 1700ish round through it. The last time we took it out I set up a load for my brother it shot .5 MOA. 140 berger vld, lapau brass, .100 off the lands, 56.5 retumbo, federal 210m primer. It chronoed and dropped 2900 FPS average. I can get 2970 out of this barrel with 57.5 retumbo but the bolt is sticky so I backed it down. I took the barrel to my smith who said the throat was getting bad and we need to rechamber the barrel to get more life out of it. If I set it back .010-.015 it will likely go another 300-500. Let's say 400. 2100 rounds with a 1x set back. To me that is not bad unless you shoot 500 rounds a month. I put about 4000 rounds down range last year to get comfortable with LR shooting. It was an expensive training year but well worth it. [/QUOTE]
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