BAR with 14k rounds of 300WM through it
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tylerjwitty
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Ya hmmm ok
BigUglyMan
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You'd have to shoot some slow to go through that many rounds without wearing it out so bad it turned into a 338!
"...how many barrels were shot out..." Likely none. 'Shot out' to a hunter isn't the same thing as it is to a target shooter.
"...a lot for a mag..." It's a lot for anything, but it doesn't mean the rifle is toast. It just means the accuracy is what it used to be. Not that anybody would ever shoot that many rounds under normal conditions.
And here I thought it was a 'for sale' thingy from the 'last post' description. snicker.
"...a lot for a mag..." It's a lot for anything, but it doesn't mean the rifle is toast. It just means the accuracy is what it used to be. Not that anybody would ever shoot that many rounds under normal conditions.
And here I thought it was a 'for sale' thingy from the 'last post' description. snicker.
Jeez, Sunray...do you have ANY idea what 14K rounds would mean to a gun barrel?
Shot out is shot out, and at 14K you would be lucky to hit a barn wall from the inside.
Showing your lack of understanding once again.
Eagleye.
bearkilr
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No, he doesn't.
In fact, he has no idea about most things gun related and after 17,000 posts one would think he'd have learned how to quote.
Especially with a .300 WM! According to the 6mmBR.com barrel life calculator a typical .300 WM load would give you 1600 rounds accurate barrel lofe. This is for benchrest accuracy and a hunter can add 50%-100% depending on their standards.
I've seen 7mm and 300 WM barrels with 3000 rounds through them and throat erosion is visable just looking down the bore. After 14 000 you would probably be lucky if you saw rifiling!
I'd bet that gun has had 5+ barrels on it.
Ar180shooter
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Yah, some rifle barrels like the Swiss Arms are supposed to handle 30,000 rounds, but in a magnum chambering on a sporting rifle... Likely 5,000 rounds is the most you'd get out of one barrel with reasonable accuracy. Other components have likely been replaced too.
I do believe that the receiver could handle this many rounds.
I would suspect the action spring and buffer etc are replacements, but they dont mention the barrel, so I will assume it is original. Firstly it is a range gun, so compare it to all the other rental range guns out there, like in the US, or even here in Canada, do you really think those guys are changing barrels every couple thousand rounds, they would never make any money.
2moa is factory acceptable for a BAR, so why anyone thinks throat errosion or the like matters on a 15 or 20 yd range gun is beyond me. That said there are auto-loading 300s out there for sniper use getting 5000 rounds through them with acceptable accuracy, so 14 sounds reasonable for 30ft use. Lastly They are not handloading stonkingly hot loads, they are using cheapo Winchester stuff, which to me illustrates only to well they are not after accuracy. I guess people didnt watch that part. Apparently none of the doubters own sewer pipe milsurps.
That said, I would like to see the barrel, though way more so the bolt head and action bars.
Mumbles Marble Mouth
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Canadian Rangers change the barrel on the SMLE .303 every 10K rounds. I've never fired 14K rounds out of any gun so I would have no idea what the condition of a barrel would be by then.
Being a redneck, I don't speak or read French, 'cept what I can translate on the opposite side of cereal boxes when the paper didn't show up and I had nothing else to read when I was a kid at breakfast.
Did the guy on Youtube say he put through 14,000 rounds? Could it be that he was...oh for the sake of argument...perhaps exaggerating the truth a tad? Kinda like the youtube videos showing folks wrapped in bubble wrap and falling from the fourth floor (Ya, I saw that Mythbusters). I don't really believe it, but entertaining to read the posts of those whom seem to believe it.
Did the guy on Youtube say he put through 14,000 rounds? Could it be that he was...oh for the sake of argument...perhaps exaggerating the truth a tad? Kinda like the youtube videos showing folks wrapped in bubble wrap and falling from the fourth floor (Ya, I saw that Mythbusters). I don't really believe it, but entertaining to read the posts of those whom seem to believe it.
Mumbles Marble Mouth
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I figured it was.
Ardent
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14,000 rounds of .300 Mag in the original barrel smells like funny smoke to me. The throat would like be .50 cal by then, milder cartridges won't even stabilize bullets often by that point, let alone .300 Mag.
