How many rounds can a decent quality rifle fire, before it will significantly affect the quality and or reliability of the gun? It seems like there are many guns in the for sale section which have well under 100 rounds fired through them... if I was to buy a gun and fire a few hundred through it would it still be ok?
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The above replies must be a joke. I have put over 1000 rounds through my 7mm mag and it still pounds tacks. 200 rounds is nothing.
Why is every other reply to a question on this board filled with sarcasm. The guy/gal is asking a reasonable question and not asking if "fuly automatik 50 CAL snipers are legal"
Also 100 rounds is really nothing, you can shoot that in one range trip. As long as the gun in question has been well maintained ie. cleaned and stored properly it should be good to go.
Also 100 rounds is really nothing, you can shoot that in one range trip. As long as the gun in question has been well maintained ie. cleaned and stored properly it should be good to go.
LOL. Onogoth, I'll buy all of your 300 round count rifles for the scrap value of the steel, just cause I'm a nice guy 
There are some calibers known to be barrel burners, 6.5x284, 338 Lapua, but most regular calibers people use, are good for between 3-10,000 shots, depending. Depending on what? Powder capacity, relative to bore diameter, is the biggest determining factor, if you clean it properly, with appropraite regularity. If you clean it all the time, and don't know how to properly clean it, that'll kill a barrel quicker than any other possible way. Shooting the barrel too hot, chops barrel life as well. Also, your accuracy expectations determine barrel life. A benchrest shooter, is going to say a barrel is shot out and useless, with way less rounds than a varmint hunter, who once again, will write off a barrel with less rounds than a big game hunter.
Get a 30-30, and give it to your grandkids. Powder to bore capacity is silly low. You'll be shooting mainly larger things like deer with it, so you don't need top notch accuracy.
There are some calibers known to be barrel burners, 6.5x284, 338 Lapua, but most regular calibers people use, are good for between 3-10,000 shots, depending. Depending on what? Powder capacity, relative to bore diameter, is the biggest determining factor, if you clean it properly, with appropraite regularity. If you clean it all the time, and don't know how to properly clean it, that'll kill a barrel quicker than any other possible way. Shooting the barrel too hot, chops barrel life as well. Also, your accuracy expectations determine barrel life. A benchrest shooter, is going to say a barrel is shot out and useless, with way less rounds than a varmint hunter, who once again, will write off a barrel with less rounds than a big game hunter.
Get a 30-30, and give it to your grandkids. Powder to bore capacity is silly low. You'll be shooting mainly larger things like deer with it, so you don't need top notch accuracy.
i bought a 30-30 that is some where around 60 years old and you can see that it was well used, i bought it took it to the range and my gf (who has never fire a rifle befor this point) hit the 200 y 8inch steel plate 2 try.
if rifles where not good after 200 rounds they would never hold the price like they do.
my 2c
if rifles where not good after 200 rounds they would never hold the price like they do.
my 2c
There is no one answer.
As mentionned, some calibers will wear out a barrel faster than others. But barrels can be replaced.
A quality rifle will last for generations.
There are also rifles that can be worn out.
Rifles can also be ruined through neglect and abuse.
As mentionned, some calibers will wear out a barrel faster than others. But barrels can be replaced.
A quality rifle will last for generations.
There are also rifles that can be worn out.
Rifles can also be ruined through neglect and abuse.
- I put about a thousand rounds through my C7A2 within a month of it being issued to me last year, and about three hundred since. Being a guv'mint rifle built in 1990, it is, I suppose, what you might call an "experienced rifle" as far as multiple users go. If it still couldn't group two inches at a hundred, I would be very surprised.
- Other than machine gun barrels, we probably wear out more barrels from cleaning than we do from firing.
- Other than machine gun barrels, we probably wear out more barrels from cleaning than we do from firing.
