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What is the verdict on this barrel?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tidesloe" data-source="post: 1844301" data-attributes="member: 47761"><p>Hey guy's, I dont post here often but a member for quite a few years. Im looking for some input on a chamber throat in a custom rifle.</p><p>Its a 7mm STW. Shooting 180 VLD's, 215M, 81 grains of N-570 @ 3200 fps.</p><p>I bought this rifle "new"listed on his website from a well known top custom rifle builder about 7-8 yrs ago. It shoots well, and consistent @ .5 moa avg, if I Have a good day, sometimes better, sometimes not quite as good.</p><p>I've put maybe 400 rounds through it max over the 8 years.</p><p>This past season, I drew a rare rifle tag, it only happens every 4-5 yrs, so I mostly bowhunt, and shoot archery. I got my STW out preparing for my rifle hunt and saw ejector marks on fired cases, which I had never previously seen that I was getting on each round. I ended up shooting a mule deer with it, and shot a few rounds after season with the same result. Ive never done any high volume shooting, and shoot 3 rnd groups with 20-30 min cool downs between groups.</p><p>Out of curiosity, I bought a Lyman borescope and took a look. What I saw surprised me. To my untrained eye, it looks really bad to me, and much worse than what I'd expect from a rifle with 400 max rnds through it, but what do I know? Nothing really, as I've never looked at a scoped bore. I have another custom with maybe 60 rnds through it. I havent compared them yet, but I know I should. </p><p>Wondering what you guy's with much knowledge and experience make of this throat?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tidesloe, post: 1844301, member: 47761"] Hey guy's, I dont post here often but a member for quite a few years. Im looking for some input on a chamber throat in a custom rifle. Its a 7mm STW. Shooting 180 VLD's, 215M, 81 grains of N-570 @ 3200 fps. I bought this rifle "new"listed on his website from a well known top custom rifle builder about 7-8 yrs ago. It shoots well, and consistent @ .5 moa avg, if I Have a good day, sometimes better, sometimes not quite as good. I've put maybe 400 rounds through it max over the 8 years. This past season, I drew a rare rifle tag, it only happens every 4-5 yrs, so I mostly bowhunt, and shoot archery. I got my STW out preparing for my rifle hunt and saw ejector marks on fired cases, which I had never previously seen that I was getting on each round. I ended up shooting a mule deer with it, and shot a few rounds after season with the same result. Ive never done any high volume shooting, and shoot 3 rnd groups with 20-30 min cool downs between groups. Out of curiosity, I bought a Lyman borescope and took a look. What I saw surprised me. To my untrained eye, it looks really bad to me, and much worse than what I'd expect from a rifle with 400 max rnds through it, but what do I know? Nothing really, as I've never looked at a scoped bore. I have another custom with maybe 60 rnds through it. I havent compared them yet, but I know I should. Wondering what you guy's with much knowledge and experience make of this throat? [/QUOTE]
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