Barrel Life??? Got mine from Rick also...It has been outstanding Shoots as good today as the first day I got it and it has traveled to a few shoots also. If you are keeping up on maintenance and doing the Gun Juice thing you should get a great life out of your rifle.
.338 lapua's .408's and others are awsome rifles but to compare them to a .50BMG you can't. Two different worlds. The rush of the .50's bark, watching muzzle blast, lifting the hair on spectators heads when they get to close and ladies droping thier babies when she barks.....you can't touch that with any other rifle

.....It's a rush......lay waste to a gopher mound full of natures little terrorists well past a thousand yards

........This is Gun Nuts.... A .50BMG and a can of ammo.....do I really gotta explain it????
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