Comments on: Gone in Six Seconds — The Shocking Truth of Barrel Life

By: Art Preusser

Art Preusser — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 23:41:01 +0000

What happens when you apply this theory to a 22LR?

Uh huh!

By: Tommy

Tommy — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:46:50 +0000

@ Erik Cortina

That would be 72,000 an hour… not 12,000

By: Dasher

Dasher — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:48:28 +0000

Haha,

A soon as people see numbers they go nuts. See it all the time at work where operators used to see just two lights flash and now with new gear see numbers and go nuts at what they are seeing even though it works ten times better than before. It’s psycological.

How many companies have tested moly etc and never been able to prove anything related to barrel life. If the barrel lasts 1800 or 2200 rounds is a non-issue, it may go at 500 or last to 3000, no one can tell beforehand.

Just shoot the barrel and perform proper maintenance to keep accuracy there. All else is futility.

By: Erik Cortina

Erik Cortina — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:19:27 +0000

$200.00 per second translates to $12,000.00 an hour… Not even the Bunny Ranch costs that much! ;D

By: Nat Lambeth

Nat Lambeth — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:04:35 +0000

$200.00 per second, Ouch!

By: John S

John S — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:45:51 +0000

Trivial……………….

By: Warren

Warren — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 15:48:50 +0000

Now another question on the subject of barrel wear. How does the composition of the bullet effect the results knowing that jacketed bullets are generally harder that lead cast with lube.

By: Editor

Editor — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:46:31 +0000

“Irrelevant numbers”? Are they?

If this analysis does demonstrate the very short actual “run-time” barrels offer, that can help shooters understand how important it is to avoid overheating the barrel or doing anything that might otherwise exacerbate barrel wear. The knowledge that a barrel may only withstand 5-10 seconds (of firing) is also making me re-examine my ideas about bullet friction-reducing coatings.

By: JPeelen

JPeelen — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:37:09 +0000

Shocking truth or non-issue?
Playing with irrelevant numbers takes us nowhere.
In my experience most barrels are ruined by cleaning (or lack of it), not by shooting.

By: M700

M700 — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:53:55 +0000

Tenring – a lot of target shooters have their barrels set back and re-chambered since most of the wear is at that end of the barrel.