bobm
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My worst barrel went 1800 shots before being pulled. It was the 24" chrome moly barrel that was on the Model 700 Classic in year 2003? My pet loads from other rifles shot poorly right out of the box. Over the next few years I wasted time and money testing many combinations of components. It was only when I bought a Hawkeye that the problem became visible. The barrel blank steel was extremely saturated with inclusions, large cavities along it's entire length. Total crap steel from who knows where. I made a call to Douglas Barrels for a match grade SS replacement.
My longest lasting barrel was again a new Remington 24" SS takeoff bought cheap for $50.00. I modified it to fit a Winchester M70 SA. It went 7000 accurate shots, loved any combination of loads it got fed. It got fired often and usually got hot and stayed hot for long strings of shots. Accuracy never fell off when hot. It was a cheap barrel and I had plenty of replacements on hand.
My worst barrel went 1800 shots before being pulled. It was the 24" chrome moly barrel that was on the Model 700 Classic in year 2003? My pet loads from other rifles shot poorly right out of the box. Over the next few years I wasted time and money testing many combinations of components. It was only when I bought a Hawkeye that the problem became visible. The barrel blank steel was extremely saturated with inclusions, large cavities along it's entire length. Total crap steel from who knows where. I made a call to Douglas Barrels for a match grade SS replacement.
My longest lasting barrel was again a new Remington 24" SS takeoff bought cheap for $50.00. I modified it to fit a Winchester M70 SA. It went 7000 accurate shots, loved any combination of loads it got fed. It got fired often and usually got hot and stayed hot for long strings of shots. Accuracy never fell off when hot. It was a cheap barrel and I had plenty of replacements on hand.
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