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Life of a barrel ??

Johnny45
i was just wondering how many rounds can a barrel shoot until it starts to lose accuracy ? i have a 10/22 ruger that i shoot alot and a .357 rossi that i also shoot alot.
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  • MIKE WISKEY
    YOU WILL NOT LIVE LONG ENOUGHT TO WEAR THEM OUT. .22'S GO OVER 1,000,000 RDS., .357'S (DEPENDING ON AMMO) >50,000.
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  • rsnyder55
    I figure my 300 Weatherby to last about 1,000 if I am lucky.

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  • He Dog
    High pressure cartridges, particularly if they are overbore are the ones that tend to eat barrels. The accuracy and long distance shooters are the ones that really notice this. .22's can hold accuracy for 100 years or more if well maintained.
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  • mrbruce
    I doubt that even your grand kids will wear out the 22, and the 357 is even going to take quite a while to wear out.

    Gun control is hitting what your aiming at.
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  • Johnny45
    i just called Ruger and they estimate 500,000 rounds from the 10/22. that is only 1,000 bricks, hmmm.
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  • mbsams
    That means I have to cut back to a brick a week for the next 20 years
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  • bobski
    believe it or not, there is a thing called receiver to barrel ratio. on an M1A its usually 2 to 1. that is, 2 bbls to 1 receiver. so just keep in mind, unlike well built guns like milspec guns are, if its a cheaper made gun, odds are, the attached parts will wear out before the bbl does.

    former air operations officer SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. former navy skeet team, former navy rifle/pistol team member. co-owner skeetmaster tubes inc.. owner/operator professional shooting instruction. NRA certified instructor.
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  • jonk
    I subscribe to the idea that with modern .22 ammo, that is smokeless and non corrosive, cleaning the barrel is a bad thing. Or, at least cleaning it with a rod. There is simply no need to, you are more likely to damage something scraping the rod back and forth than any damage that lack of cleaning would cause. It took a long while to convince me to this line of thought, as I am anal about cleaning my guns in general, but now for .22s I just let them sit, or perhaps make a pass with a bore snake after every 1000 rounds or so.

    Why do I mention it? Because how you clean will also impact barrel life greatly.

    All that said, I have fired thousands of rounds of military 8mm Mauser ammo through a few particular guns, followed by thorough scrubbing; there is no noticeable drop in accuracy yet, so I think you're good to go for decades.

    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
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  • gunluv280
    I've often wondered about this. A Browning guy (retired long-time Browning employee--so he said) once told me "you'll never wear out the barrel" regarding a 7MM Rem Mag BAR I was considering buying. He said the chrome lining would prevent that. I don't know if he was speaking literally, or if he just meant that normal target/hunting use would never wear out the barrel (say a few boxes of ammo/year). On the other hand, I've read, as was posted here, that the magnum calibers are hard on barrels, some extremely so. Not sure what to believe regarding them. Anybody have an idea what a .243 barrel life might be??
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  • 7.62x39
    nearly forever for a .243, or about 5,000 for very good and hunting good would be at least to 10,000
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