The end is near?

[ebruder]

Hi,

I bought my savage used, so I don't know the actual round cout it's seen. I've probably put 2 thousand round through it... my question is how do you know when a barrel is nearing the end of its life expectancy? It's .223... and I've started to notice some subtle changes in its accuracy...

Thanks for your help.

EB

 

[CyaN1de]

Subtle changes huh? It's hooped, you need a whole new gun, I'll give you $10 + shipping for it for parts.

Seriously, as long as the gun isn't being rapid fired you should get a good 4000+ rounds through it before accuracy starts being affected.
How subtle are the accuracy changes? Is it your powder lot maybe or bullet lot that has changed?

 

[Steve David]

Give it a really good cleaning.

 

[Canuck223]

Look at it this way. Odds are your gun is fine. A good electrolytic cleaning will probably bring it back.

Even if the barrel is pooched, it's the easiest gun in the world to have rebarreled.