Barrel life 800-1100 rounds!

[GetReal]

Whew,,,,,Well hell I feel better knowing that it is okay....

Except you. Yer not allowed.

 

[L.Sherm]

fully support your 15,000 round range days.

I think you better read my post again.

 

[GetReal]

I think you better read my post again.

What ? Yer not up to 15k per day ?.

 

[L.Sherm]

What ? Yer not up to 15k per day ?.

Did I ever say I was, as soon as you come out and start shooting 500.00 dollars a day in ammo and burning 700.00 dollar barrels up tell me how that works out for you because I'll be shooting my 20Vt and laughing

 

[GetReal]

2017 paid Kelbly $750 for a Krieger barrel, chambered and installed.

You don't need a barrel burner if your shooting mostly 350 yrds max in hay fields. 6BR is good to 600 yrds in competition with heavier bullets. To many guys obsessed with speed.

Its almost like they either dont know how to dial a scope, or refuse to buy a ballistic calculator, so they need a super flat shooter. Wink wink

 

[GetReal]

Did I ever say I was, as soon as you come out and start shooting 500.00 dollars a day in ammo and burning 700.00 dollar barrels up tell me how that works out for you because I'll be shooting my 20Vt and laughing

Whaaattt? I shoot maybe 100 rds a range session ( other than 22rf or 9mm)

 

[L.Sherm]

Whaaattt? I shoot maybe 100 rds a range session ( other than 22rf or 9mm)

You have obviously never shot P.D or sage rats.
100 rounds is nothing

 

[GetReal]

You have obviously never shot P.D or sage rats.
100 rounds is nothing

Im not seeing your point. Is there something meritorios about shooting rodents and other pest animals ?

 

[L.Sherm]

Yay.

The resident expert

 

[GetReal]

The resident expert

Im sorry. Have I offended you in some prior life.?

 

[joshb]

Maybe it would be cheaper to buy 4 or 5 Savages and throw them out after the hunt? I hear them Savages can shoot!

 

[Leo_B]

Leo! $200 for a barrel is 1980s pricing. That’s just the barrel with no gunsmithing. Good barrels go for $4-450, these days. Add $4-450 for chamberings and threading, if your gunsmith has a reamer you like.

So give or take, a dollar a shot for barrels. If the 800 rounds the article reported is correct. Yes, I'm in Houston and no chance of ever wearing out my .22 Hornet barrel I don't think. Maybe, if I could go 1500 miles and shoot varmints. I just thought it was a really interesting article on the Creedmoor clan and then read the expected life and that was a moment. I've apparently lived a sheltered life.

 

[jelenko]

$64 a keg

So, a while ago

 

[joshb]

So give or take, a dollar a shot for barrels. If the 800 rounds the article reported is correct. Yes, I'm in Houston and no chance of ever wearing out my .22 Hornet barrel I don't think. Maybe, if I could go 1500 miles and shoot varmints. I just thought it was a really interesting article on the Creedmoor clan and then read the expected life and that was a moment. I've apparently lived a sheltered life.

Nah. You’ve just been skimming the surface. Humans can be a fickle species. You’ve got monks living in caves to celebrities spending $400,000 for a five minute ride into space.
Do a deep dive into any hobby a man latches onto and you’ll see a lot of ascending levels of “commitment”.

 

[brcman]

First time I went west to shoot prairie dogs (1980's) I took 500 loaded rounds and a Lee loader, shot over 400 the first day and spent that night loading. When I got back home I ordered 1,000 pieced of brass as soon as I unloaded the truck.

 

[urbanrifleman]

I'm not really seeing the 500 dollar barrel blanks for shooting pdogs.

 

[Dgd6mm]

Last week I cleaned and polished a 6.5 Creedmoor barrel that has 320 rounds down it. 300 rounds loaded with VV N150. This barrel is a factory 24" fluted chrome moly light varmint. We've had it at 850 yards for most of those rounds. The accuracy with the Hornaday 140 eldm is pretty good. I predict this barrel will go over 1000 rounds easily with decent accuracy.
The borescope is a great tool.

 

[jds holler]

I live in pretty good squirrel country, and one of my best fields is five minutes away. Lately, I keep it pretty low pressure. I'll often take a box of 50 and go spend an hour or two and come home.

I don't feel like I've gotta kill a thousand of em just because they are there. I'm almost always by myself, or share the field with another one legged guy who cruises around in a side by side.

If I make a day of it, I'll usually have my 20-222, the 218 Bee, and my AR 223.
It's gotta be said that the Bee has been cranking them out for 70 years with the same barrel. It will still shoot a sub 1" group at a hundred, so there's sumpthin to be said for a mild cartridge. I usually set up with it first to clean the field from 0 - 150 or so yards. Then put the .20 on the bench and work out front out to 300 or so. These aren't prairie dogs, and I do a lot of missing out around 300.

I'll set the AR up on the hood of the Jeep with the 24" bipod for side angle shots and such.
I never shoot a thousand shots in a day, and don't feel the need. I try to keep the barrels from cooking, and I guess since I'm not on a major safari, I don't worry about killing every squirrel that squeaks. jd

 

[jelenko]

I'm not really seeing the 500 dollar barrel blanks for shooting pdogs.

Yeah. The thing is until you started working with Wilsons, I believe the only other viable less expensive option was Criterion. There is Green Mountain, but I've found them to be a bit of a crap shoot. Some great, some not good.

Personally, I think a lot of people use $500 blanks because it feels good to honor themselves and their rifle with 'the best'.
For rifles that shoot a couple hundred rounds a year, I completely understand.
But for applications where thousands of rounds a year are sent down range, I'd want the cheapest barrel that will do what I need. For what I do, Wilson's are fine for any requirements in the 1/2 MOA +/- range.

PS. You may have enough experience with them to make that a lower MOA range.

 

[STS]

How many rounds down this 22CM barrel? And anyone care to guess what the grouping ability of the barrel was at 400 yards? Not used in the dog towns.