Don't know about anyone else, but my "barrel burner" lore dates back to the early 60s, when many were still touting the 220 Swift as the worst example of that mystical phenomenon?
Last I looked, several manufacturers are still making them awful things.
The next related topic I recollect from those days, concerned Remington bringing out the 25-06 in a factory chambering. Same predictions: "That'll smoke more barrels than the Swift!"
I can also recall when several 1000BR shooters I knew here in PA, were arguing over whether or not the 7mmx300Wby. bench guns would ever pan out, since some were sure the barrels of the day would never "hold up" to that cartridge.
