Randy Bo
AH veteran
I was reading about the early testing of the Army’s M24 sniper rifle when I ran across this:
“The actual rifle requirements for accuracy were .35 MOA from a machine rest and according to Major John Mende (ret.) this accuracy had to be maintained to 10,000 rounds. He stated, “Interesting side note was there was a 10,000 round requirement for the barrel to maintain the original accuracy. In fact after some 10,000 round tests we discovered the accuracy improved. A few barrels were tested past 20,000 and accuracy never went below the original accuracy requirement.”
Shortly after reading this article, I read some random articles on barrel life and the conclusions were all over the place. Some guys state a 6.5 Creedmoor barrel shoots-out at 1200 rounds and then some guys state that for calibers like the 6.5 or 308, 5000 rounds is more realistic.
Personally, I have never shot any of my guns enough to shoot a barrel out.
So, any thoughts or experiences would be appreciated.
“The actual rifle requirements for accuracy were .35 MOA from a machine rest and according to Major John Mende (ret.) this accuracy had to be maintained to 10,000 rounds. He stated, “Interesting side note was there was a 10,000 round requirement for the barrel to maintain the original accuracy. In fact after some 10,000 round tests we discovered the accuracy improved. A few barrels were tested past 20,000 and accuracy never went below the original accuracy requirement.”
Shortly after reading this article, I read some random articles on barrel life and the conclusions were all over the place. Some guys state a 6.5 Creedmoor barrel shoots-out at 1200 rounds and then some guys state that for calibers like the 6.5 or 308, 5000 rounds is more realistic.
Personally, I have never shot any of my guns enough to shoot a barrel out.
So, any thoughts or experiences would be appreciated.