barrel life

Looking for real world experience from end users regarding barrel life of Bartlein 400MOD barrels. I am considering this material to extend barrel life on some new builds in 6.5mm and 6mm. I am hearing from a couple of knowledgable sources that the original production runs clearly had harder...

I want to add a 6mm to my collection but want to sidestep the 'one season, maybe' barrel life of 6mm creedmoor. The option I'm considering is to light load 6mm creedmoor hoping to get more life from it, my goal being 2500+ rounds. That would also give me to option to crank up the speed if I...

To start this is a question for those who have shot out a barrel. I was watching the online training video on DOPE book use and Frank mentioned that you know a barrel is going when there is a “big” drop off in muzzle velocity. What constitutes a “big” drop off? What other indicators did you...

So I’m working on a 6.5 Grendel build. I’ve read that caliber is really hard on barrels. Can anyone out there tell me what to expect from experience? Any idea whether CrMoly or SS barrel would be better? Thnx.

I'm trying to find folks that have actually burned out a barrel and documented the barrel life for various competition calibers. I know that some of us have burned out several and have really good data on them. There is a lot of parroting that goes on and new users thinking about a build...