ducks~n~bucks wrote:R. Chapman wrote:Your barrel has a lot of life. I doubt you'll be able to shoot that barrel out in your lifetime. I have an uncle who has shot out the barrel of a .243 (Savage 99, his first rifle), He literally put 10,000 rounds down the tube before he had Lilja make him a match grade .243 Winchester barrel. So far he has 2,000 down that barrel. He told me the accuracy went out between 5,000-6,000. We're talking 3/4 MOA (That's his standard for accuracy).
I know it won't go out in my lifetime, but I'm giving this gun to my kids when I have them.
Like I said, it'd take a lot of shells and time before your barrel is down for. When the throat erodes on my .25-06, I'm having either Hart, Krieger, or Lilja make me a match grade barrel in .25-06. There's no reason to set back a chamber when you already only have a 22" barrel. I'd prefer a 26" with the .25.