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6.5 Grendel barrel life?

Sniper338

Just curious if anyone knows... ive never heard before.

Running very slow fire single shot, at 2560ish fps. Cut rifle barrel.
 
Sniper338 said:
Just curious if anyone knows... ive never heard before.

Running very slow fire single shot, at 2560ish fps. Cut rifle barrel.
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Am approaching 2k on mine shooting factory hornaday 123amax. Still shoots the same as new. I have a 24" shilen barrel. Ive been told around 5k it will go down with normal use no rapid fire
 
Forever . . . a long time, anyway, based on your description of utilization.

If discipline is exercised with respect to rate of fire - for the AR crowd.

Burning ~29 grains of powder in a 6.5 mm bore. A Grendel barrel should outlive a .308 Win by a lot, all other things being equal.
 
I would guess 1 million rounds...;)

But seriously, the Grendel is a low capacity, low velocity case. Barrel life with the Grendel should not even be a concern.
 
JLT said:
Forever . . . a long time, anyway, based on your description of utilization.

If discipline is exercised with respect to rate of fire - for the AR crowd.

Burning ~29 grains of powder in a 6.5 mm bore. A Grendel barrel should outlive a .308 Win by a lot, all other things being equal.
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Thats what I thought..
 
My 16" Sabre Defense barrel has probably over 8K rounds and hasn't changed. It's shot a mix of factory and reloads and its still the same now as it was when i got it. I love the Grendel.
 
From the FWIW Dept, I know the Grendel was designed for the AR platform but dang, they make a real nifty rifle. I have one made on a Brazilian cock on closing platform (I think Century Arms or someone like that did an original conversion to 7.62 x 39mm) that I use for a truck gun and another built on a Savage that I let guest target shoot with. It's a steel ringer out to 400 yards easy with a Vortex Crossfire scope. Both are fun guns.
 
If your shooting it hot expect a little less then 5000rd, but most can get way more. With a load of 29gr of BR 4650rd before barrel starts to wain.
 
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