Another thought. If these pressure spikes are seen in the ballistics labs where the test barrel is shot a bunch, I wonder if other 7mm's, like the Wby. and the Mashburn, see the number of rounds that the more common 7mm Rem Mag sees? And the same thing with the .243 Win, reportedly another round prone to pressure spikes. Do they shoot their 6mm Rem. barrels an equal number of rounds?

DF