What's your round count? How long till the groups opened up.
Range Report 7 WSM barrel life
Re: 7 WSM barrel life
According to my reading it seems like 1500-2000 rounds is where the barrel is loosing it's accuracy.
Steve
According to my reading it seems like 1500-2000 rounds is where the barrel is loosing it's accuracy.
Steve
Re: 7 WSM barrel life
1500-2000 is pretty good. Thought it would have been less.
1500-2000 is pretty good. Thought it would have been less.
Re: 7 WSM barrel life
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sawhornsoff</div><div class="ubbcode-body">1500-2000 is pretty good. Thought it would have been less. </div></div>
George shot the norcal match last year with 2800 rounds and took 3rd place, enough said...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sawhornsoff</div><div class="ubbcode-body">1500-2000 is pretty good. Thought it would have been less. </div></div>
George shot the norcal match last year with 2800 rounds and took 3rd place, enough said...
Re: 7 WSM barrel life
Depends on how hot your loads are too. If you are pushing 180's at 3050+ fps, then yah its not going to give you too much barrel life. at 2900-2950 I would think 2000-2500 rounds is a decent goal.
Im going with a 28" tube for my 7WSM so I can set it back once to 26" before I need a new tube. I figure with one setback and 4000-5000 round barrel life it aint too bad.
7SAUM will give you better barrel life, but I hate Remington brass more than Winchester so Im going with a real WSM.
Depends on how hot your loads are too. If you are pushing 180's at 3050+ fps, then yah its not going to give you too much barrel life. at 2900-2950 I would think 2000-2500 rounds is a decent goal.
Im going with a 28" tube for my 7WSM so I can set it back once to 26" before I need a new tube. I figure with one setback and 4000-5000 round barrel life it aint too bad.
7SAUM will give you better barrel life, but I hate Remington brass more than Winchester so Im going with a real WSM.
Re: 7 WSM barrel life
I have 1,650+ through my 7WSM now, and its still doing well. I don't expect to get too much more with it, but then again I shoot it til its very hot rountinely in F-Class (23-25 rounds in 18 minutes or so; rest an hour then do it again);
That is also why I have a second barrel sitting in my garage as we speak so that I have no down time between threading off one barrel and threading on its replacement.
JeffVN
I have 1,650+ through my 7WSM now, and its still doing well. I don't expect to get too much more with it, but then again I shoot it til its very hot rountinely in F-Class (23-25 rounds in 18 minutes or so; rest an hour then do it again);
That is also why I have a second barrel sitting in my garage as we speak so that I have no down time between threading off one barrel and threading on its replacement.
JeffVN
Re: 7 WSM barrel life
Thanks guys, that's the info i was looking for, I can live with around 2K rounds.
Thanks guys, that's the info i was looking for, I can live with around 2K rounds.
