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Posted: 2/26/2009 9:08:00 AM EDT
| Does anyone know how many rounds you can shoot through something like the LE6920 before needing to replace the barrel? Sorry if this is a dumb question. |
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I've heard of barrels that went 20,000 rounds and were still acceptably accurate. You won't get that out of a match grade barrel, however, esp. if you are wanting to keep sub MOA performance. In that case I have heard tales of 3000 rounds being enough for one of those.
The real arbiter is that "it depends." If you are OK with a 2 MOA rifle and you don't rip mag after mag through the thing until the barrel glows, that barrel will probably last, in practical terms, "forever." If you are keeping track of your groups and only want the tightest, and you regularly heat the barrel enough to brand cattle, probably not that long. If the rifle starts getting less accurate and it pisses you off, get it rebarreled. I doubt that will happen for quite some time, and if it does, you've got a substantive ammo budget, my friend. :) |
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