The 26 isn't nearly as bad on barrels as some apparently believe. Generally they last at least 1000 rounds, which is a lot more than the average hunter shoots from a hunting rifle.
That'a right. Once loads are worked up, as a hunter, no reason to keep on blasting. My 26 Nos does show thru the Hawkeye, the effects of 400 rounds, but is still a sub MOA shooter.
My 6.5-284 with even more rounds shows some erosion, but also remains a sub MOA shooter.
If I'm pushing 140 VLD's at 3K with RL-17 out of my 6.5-284 and I know some of the .264 guys post much better speeds than we've seen mentioned here,.
I'm waiting to see what "Fire" speeds we're gonna see out of the RPM and PRC...
Ya can't believe those books....
DF
