Swifty - Yes, I agree that barrel life is not going to be great. I don't think it's velocity per se, but rather throat erosion and erosion from the larger amounts of powder and heat in a relatively small bore that causes the reduced barrel life. If you have several rifles, you don't have to use the Swift every time you go shoot some varmints. One more thing, every time you change cartridges for the latest design, you buy dies, reamers (sometimes), barrels, newer projectiles plus the cost of testing etc. A new Swift barrel more often than some other chambering that has a longer life is not that great an expense when all that is considered.
Last edited by Riflehunter; 01/29/23.
