I know most shooters don't use these guns as a sit in place prairie dog gun but was just wondering what the life expectancy of a barrel would be especially with 3500+ fps loads. I remember some articles long ago that stated that by the time one worked up a great shooting load it was time for a new barrel.
Bob
I have owned and loaded for 4 of them and best accuracy was maintained for about 800 rounds and the next 200 recorded notable drop off in accuracy with the barrels chewed out at 1000+.
These days I use a 7mm Remington Magnum in its place and when loaded using the 110gn TTSX and 120 grain TTSX bullets, is an equal performer in the field.
