What is the expected life span of a 6.5 CR barrel on a bolt gun? I have heard so much about the barrels shooting out after 100-1200 rounds.
bolt 6.5 creedmoor barrel life?
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After 100 rounds?!?! Typo? Haha.
I hear its about 3k. 3k is the lowest ive personally heard. Highest at about 4k and still chuggin'. The load has a lot to do with it. Im thinking the higher round count barrels are running mostly Hornady factory stuff. But i cant confirm. Ive never shot out a barrel. Im still rather new to 6.5
I hear its about 3k. 3k is the lowest ive personally heard. Highest at about 4k and still chuggin'. The load has a lot to do with it. Im thinking the higher round count barrels are running mostly Hornady factory stuff. But i cant confirm. Ive never shot out a barrel. Im still rather new to 6.5
Im gonna go with padom here. As long as you load it like a creedmoor and not a 6.5x284, it will last a good long time.
Depends heavily on firing schedule also. A lot of rapid strings will burn a barrel out long before slow fire will. 2500-4k seems to be common just depending on variables.
I've heard 2400-3000(Factory 2750 ish). Velocity drop is the first sign of wear in throat. Groups still may be great but velocity and accuracy at long range will suffer as a result.
This summer I heard of a 6xc barrel in the 4000 range which is unheard of in most circles. Groups are no longer 1/4 moa and still under 1 Moa as a practice rifle. One persons degree of accuracy is different than anothers.
This summer I heard of a 6xc barrel in the 4000 range which is unheard of in most circles. Groups are no longer 1/4 moa and still under 1 Moa as a practice rifle. One persons degree of accuracy is different than anothers.
I truly think it depends on the powder and how hard it pushes the round. When you cross the 3000 fps barrier is when barrel life is shortened very fast.
I would agree with that for sure. At this point I am having to load a little bit longer to chase the lands and get some of that velocity back. But I haven’t really noticed a performance drop off yet. The last match had me wondering though, I dropped I couple shots that I felt like should have been hits for sure.
I always run hybrid bullets and load as long as my chamber and mag will allow. I let the charge determine groups. I shoot better some days than others. I don't let match shooing and missed shots under pressure/wind tell me one way or another. Even shooting groups, I don't weight sort bullets/brass. I just try to be consistent in the powder charge with Gempro 2500. This isn't bench rest shooting. Aim small, miss small.
Depends on how you shoot and how often I think. My last barrel went out right at about 2200 rounds. Between 2200 and 2300 it lost almost 200fps. I’ve heard others say closer to 3k. I’d bet on 2500 being a good starter.
Factory Savage shot out around 3k, was replaced with a Shilen prefit. Approaching 3500 and it is still running strong. Only used Hornady or Prime Ammo.
I'm confused. Someone please define "shot out" for me. I would not consider a barrel to be shot out until accuracy drops off and cannot be brought back. I understand a loss of velocity might require new data but, so long as you are getting good accuracy, I would think that the barrel is still serviceable.
From my experience, and hearing the same thing from others, when the velocity all of a sudden starts dropping off radically the barrel is done. My last barrel lost over 200fps over the span of 100 rounds. I tried adjusting my charge weight and started getting back up to a good velocity and then it just continued to drop off at a rapid pace. To me, that is what I consider “shot out”. The rifle still shot 1 hole groups at 100y but over distance just fell apart
My DTA Lothar Walther barrel gave up the ghost a few months ago at just over 2500 rounds. Unfortunately, it was in the middle of a match. It went from precision rifle to shotgun in the middle of one string. AVG MV was 2850ish. 2/3 of the rifling had eroded. I've shot out a different DTA LW barrel in 2700ish and a third somewhere between the two. Aside from 600 or so factory loads from either Hornady or Prime, all my loads were handloads with H4350, RL17, or RL16
Whatever you consider is serviceable is fine. You know your shooting patterns so if you can adjust your loads to compensate for the loss of velocity due to throat wear, then have at it. If you choose accuracy primarily over speed, great. There's a youtube video with lrsu and George from GAP talking about how they got in a law enforcement officials 308 that had 12" of rifling missing... It still shot great, it was just really slow. A lot of people on here compete, especially top level dudes so when they lose that maximum velocity, and can't get it back that only means the more they have to consider drop/wind into their shots. Everyone has their standards, I wouldn't get too caught up in forums, you learn more on the range than on here trust me.
My rifle died on me yesterday. 3350 rounds.. one stage I was on it went 10/10. Then went 10/70 on the next 7 ages. Got home and it stillborn bugholes at 100; but at distance it’s all over the place.
If you do much match shooting/high volume at all, I would plan on 2500 max. This based off what I've seen from my last few barrels.
