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Posted: 5/11/2001 9:01:43 AM EDT
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Longer than you. Or your kids.
I would guess over 100k rounds. |
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Posted: 5/11/2001 9:06:54 AM EDT
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are you serious??!?!
remember,I said a stainless steel barrel,not a chrome-lined one.I heard the chrome ones last alot longer.ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ROUNDS for this 16 inch stainless steel HB-barrel????? seriously??? WHOOHOO!!!!!!! |
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Posted: 5/11/2001 9:24:02 AM EDT
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Accuracy life and Seviceable life are two different things remember.
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Posted: 5/11/2001 9:32:00 AM EDT
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well,I mean,the life of how many rounds before it completely begins to suck.I'm not in competitions or anything,but I do like how accurate the ARs are.
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Posted: 5/11/2001 9:37:23 AM EDT
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Depends on how fast and hot you get your barrel.If it is good quality and you keep your barrel cool I would say 15,000.Maybe more or less by 5000.
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Posted: 5/11/2001 9:48:05 AM EDT
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the barrel is DPMS
which is supposed to be of excellent quality.I don't shoot like crazy,I somtimes like to do quick 5 shot bursts and stuff,but mostly single shot,with a few seconds in between.I normally use 90 rounds per outing,90 rounds spread over 2 hours.It's very modest compared to some of the guys on the board,which have stated using whole battle packs in an hour:) |
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Posted: 5/11/2001 11:38:25 AM EDT
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Sorry, kind of skipped over the stainless steel part. CIB is right, accuracy vs. serviceable life are quite different. Sounds like the way you shoot, you most likely will not have to replace it. Given proper maintenance. I would say if you notice accuracy going down the drain you may have worn it out and if so, you had fun doing it. So replacing it would not be that bad for the fun factor.
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Posted: 5/11/2001 1:29:40 PM EDT
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Before replacing it I would investigate re-crowning. Sometimes this is all it needs.
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Posted: 5/11/2001 1:54:56 PM EDT
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I clean it with a USGI cleaning kit,with Hoppes#9,and at the end,a patch with BreakFree CLP.I clean the gun after every use.I like to hear that "you may not need to replace it"
makes me feel happy knowing I won't have to put aside $200 something bucks for a spare barrel.Re-crowning? the crown in the chamber end of the barrel right? |
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Posted: 5/11/2001 2:06:15 PM EDT
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My Olympic Stainless Ultra Match has about 6000 very hard (2-500 rounds per session, lots of rapid fire) rounds through it and is as accurate as the day I got it, and that is very accurate.
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