Waisted barrels

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How many good barrels do you think get thrown in the scrap every year because somebody misses the tune.?

 

[DShortt]

Probably not nearly as many as those that get destroyed due to improper cleaning/preservation.
At least such is my observation.

 

[Greg@wfcustom]

How many good barrels do you think get thrown in the scrap every year because somebody misses the tune.?

Or the flag!
LOL

 

[JEFFPPC]

Probably not nearly as many as those that get destroyed due to improper cleaning/preservation.
At least such is my observation.

Not sure I agree. Might be a 50/50 thing. I think a lot of good barrels are tossed. Reading these pages tells one why.

 

[DShortt]

Not sure I agree. Might be a 50/50 thing. I think a lot of good barrels are tossed. Reading these pages tells one why.

I don't have enough experience to say for sure, particularly among benchrest shooters.
I am sure that cleaning/preservation is the problem with the general population of gun owners.

 

[STS]

There’s been a train car load of barrels scrapped because of bad scopes.

 

[Clancy]

There’s been a train car load of barrels scrapped because of bad scopes.

ABSOLUTELY

 

[Lkwebb]

ABSOLUTELY

That's the reason my leupold is being sent off for customer service.. just to make sure

 

[Clancy]

That's the reason my leupold is being sent off for customer service.. just to make sure

We should strap one of my Swaros on that thing just to see.

 

[Lkwebb]

I couldn't get it on paper this morning after 15 shots. So I withdrew from the match ..
Goin to send it off to make sure when rifle fell if it broke something loose.

 

[hoz53]

How many good barrels do you think get thrown in the scrap every year because somebody misses the tune.?

i can just say Ive got barrels here very cheap that shot very good. mabie not SRBR good though. Dont buy used barrels anymore so who knows wat im missing. some 6x45s may be in my future though so i may want some used barrels for them.

 

[tommeboy]

If my barrels don't shoot the way I like after 100rds they are gone. Cost too much to keep running back to the range and all of the cost of reloading to mess around with an barrel that MIGHT shoot. I have a few barrels here right now that will be going to friends as they don't care about how their guns shoot. As long as they can hit beer cans at 50yds they are fine with them.

 

[Clancy]

I will say I have only had 2 barrels that didn’t shoot what I started them on. And I mean really hammer.

One never did shoot well and I sent it down the road.I changed powder in a BRA.I changed bullets in a 6BR.

But, if I build a 12 twist BR and stick an 80 gr Bart on top of N135 and it’s not shooting .1s during the seating depth test, I’ll immediately start looking for something that’s broken.

 

[Ccrider]

If my barrels don't shoot the way I like after 100rds they are gone. Cost too much to keep running back to the range and all of the cost of reloading to mess around with a barrel that MIGHT shoot. I have a few barrels here right now that will be going to friends as they don't care about how their guns shoot. As long as they can hit beer cans at 50yds they are fine with them.

Impressive. You have to know you have all of the answers to give up on a barrel at 100 rounds. Hope I get that good some day. I will test up to 600 rounds using different powders and bullets before I walk away from a new barrel.

 

[mauser284]

A lot.

Not only that but after a barrels competitive life is over I have since the 1980's taken more than most would take off each end and rechambered and been happy with the varmint rifle that resulted. gunsmithing labor used to be cheaper but then again so where the barrels. Some of them hunting rifles.

A lot of guys have very narrow focus and no real patient. If it does not produce the result they want right out of the box with very little work it is time to pitch it or sell it on ebay!

 

[tommeboy]

Impressive. You have to know you have all of the answers to give up on a barrel at 100 rounds. Hope I get that good some day. I will test up to 600 rounds using different powders and bullets before I walk away from a new barrel.

well some people can and some people can't.

 

[hoz53]

Impressive. You have to know you have all of the answers to give up on a barrel at 100 rounds. Hope I get that good some day. I will test up to 600 rounds using different powders and bullets before I walk away from a new barrel.

this i have done and would do except i dont hunt anymore. i used to mess with them anyway just to see wat would happen but now with the cost of components and the time i would rather concentrate on a few good barrels.

 

[Bob3700]

No matter what discipline u shoot, u have a couple of loads that have shot well in every bbl u have had. When u get a new bbl, if one of those loads doesn’t shoot, it’s time to move on. Don’t waist time n materials on a bbl that gives u problems.

 

[hoz53]

A lot.

Not only that but after a barrels competitive life is over I have since the 1980's taken more than most would take off each end and rechambered and been happy with the varmint rifle that resulted. gunsmithing labor used to be cheaper but then again so where the barrels. Some of them hunting rifles.

A lot of guys have very narrow focus and no real patient. If it does not produce the result they want right out of the box with very little work it is time to pitch it or sell it on ebay!

if we only knew which were which they mite b worth a try

 

[Clancy]

Impressive. You have to know you have all of the answers to give up on a barrel at 100 rounds. Hope I get that good some day. I will test up to 600 rounds using different powders and bullets before I walk away from a new barrel.

I pretty much always agree with you, but not on this one. I’ve had a ton of barrels and never seen one that just had to have a magic combo to shoot well.

But, I stick to classic combinations and shoot very little in the way of bullets that’s not made by Bart.

I’d say I’ve had one bad barrel in my life and a couple that wanted a change, which I did in less than 30 rounds and had them going like I wanted shortly after. I tried a lot of stuff in the bad one, a 6.5x47… I gave it to a guy that wasted another 300 bullets and gave up. I got it warrantied.