.223 barrel life vs. 308??

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What would be the difference in barrel life for a heavy barrellled .223 or heavy barrelled .308? Not stainless.... but the type of barrels that Savage uses on their LE models...

Not looking to rapid fire or anything, just shooting casually, maybe a shot a minute or so for the most part, and probably just Winchester White Box or UMC ammo.

By barrel life, I mean, when the accuracy STARTS to drop off a bit.

Thanks!!
 
223 is a little hotter than 308 so you may get throat errosion a bit quicker....nice thing about a target barrel is the down barrel rifling will still be good after the throat has worn out.....you can have a smith remove the barrel, set it back and re-chamber it and get more barrel life..

BG
 
CanuckShooter said:
Really? I always heard .223 was like one of the longest for barrel life.... is that not true? Im confused...
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What Boltgun is saying is that after 4000-5000 rounds, you can set it back and re-crowned it and maybe get another 2000-4000 rounds out of it. As you are shooting Winchester White Box, I take it you are not looking at benchrest accuracy. By the time you wear out your barrel on a .223 your shooting skill will be so much better that a new stainless match barrel may be in order.
 
Sorry for Hi jacking this thread but I was wondering about the same thing only what would be the barrel life of a 30-06 useing hot loads?
 
I dare say that overall barrel life with a 223 will exceed 10,000+ rnds as for the 308 win I have seen several VPD rifles with over 9,000 rnds thru them that were still servicable wether or not they had been setback I don't know
 
You might. But there could also be more variation between two barrels. One of the really nice things about a Savage is that they are among the easiest barrels to set back. You have to do quite a lot of shooting before a .308 or .223 barrel starts to fall off. Even if you are an active competitive shooter it takes a while.
 
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