[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Barrel Life Question

Posted: 8/11/2008 6:45:34 PM EDT

So im new here, and this has probably been asked to death, so if there is info in another thread please guide me there. I just bought a brand new LMT defender a few months back, it has a 1/7 twist, i mostly shoot 55gr XM193 and i clean after every use. How many rounds should i expect my barrel to live through? Thanks.

Posted: 8/11/2008 6:47:17 PM EDT

[#1]

The weight of opinion here on arfcom seems to be if you have a Noveske, Colt or LMT, it'll last forever.

If you have anything else, it'll fall apart on the way home from the gun store.

Posted: 8/11/2008 6:47:27 PM EDT

[#2]

well it all depends on how you shoot, not what you shoot

my bushy 1/9 barrel has lasted for 23k rounds. the throat has some erosion but it I can still pick off a bowling pin at 100 yards.

Posted: 8/11/2008 6:51:50 PM EDT

[#3]

How i shoot as in how fast or rapid i shoot?

Posted: 8/11/2008 6:59:39 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
How i shoot as in how fast or rapid i shoot?

correct. dumping several c-mags in a row can speed up erosion. You will toast a gas tube before you burn up a barrel. There are several users on here who have photographed the gas tube drooping over the barrel red hot.

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