In the late 1970's I & a few friends shot a garand qualification match at the High Desert Rod & Gun Club Range in Yucca Valley,CA.We were shooting at 600 yard simulator targets from 100 yards standing ,kneeling or sitting & prone both in slow & rapid fire.We watched an elderly shooter fire all of his rounds in the bull but then we noticed his shooting coat 1950 & 1951 USA National High Power Rifle Champion (some of the simulator bulls were the size of a dime).We asked him about his rifle ,he told us it was a 1903 Springfield that he had fired in excess of 50,000 rounds thru in practise & competition he further explained the barrel only had about 6 inches of rifling left near the muzzle,he out shot every competitor on the firing line including a former olympic champion.
Barrel Life
- Thread starter kiddekop
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I guess it possible. I shot out the barrel of a 30-06 (approx 6K rounds) and my accuracy was around 2.5" at 100 yds.
JD338
JD338
Guy Miner
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Do what you want - I replace my .308 Win barrels when the accuracy starts to go bad at around 4,000 - 5,000 rounds.
Somehow, I really like rifling all the way down the tube! :grin:
Regards, Guy
Somehow, I really like rifling all the way down the tube! :grin:
Regards, Guy
- Oct 30, 2004
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Wow...50k!
- Oct 30, 2004
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If taken good care of, (cleaned and not fired when barrel is HOT) a lifetime for me or thousands of rounds.
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Paolo:
Io sono greek
so
una corsa una faccia
Am I right?
Io sono greek
so
una corsa una faccia
Am I right?
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Greco....that's right!
I know that I am out of topic but...
Pop did you hunt with 300 h&h? I load this one in my dakota with 200 gr AccuBond on 67 gr of n 560, fed gm 215.
Accurate and deadly. I shot several wild boars, red deer and bears with it.
All of them remained on the place. not even with my 300 win I obtained the same result! In my opinion it's the all round rifle in old europe.
paolo
Pop did you hunt with 300 h&h? I load this one in my dakota with 200 gr AccuBond on 67 gr of n 560, fed gm 215.
Accurate and deadly. I shot several wild boars, red deer and bears with it.
All of them remained on the place. not even with my 300 win I obtained the same result! In my opinion it's the all round rifle in old europe.
paolo
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I have hunted and killed game with about every 300 mag except the H&H.... that said I do have a lot of respect for the old magnum 8)
Guy Miner
Master Loader
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That old, gently tapered .300 H&H case is almost a thing of beauty.
Why then do I have this doggone short and fat .300 WSM???? :evil:
Why then do I have this doggone short and fat .300 WSM???? :evil:
jhunter1010
Beginner
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in my hornady reloading manual, it says the 7mm rum is realllly hard on barrels, anybody have an idea on how long the barrel would last?
Antelope_Sniper
Handloader
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I got 2500 rounds out of my last STW barrel, I would expect it to be similar.
