Luckygunner Labs torture test -
be sure to check out the bullet wear results - copper jacket vs bi-metal jacket
http://www.luckygunner.com/labs/brass-v ... /#dirtiest
arizona98tj wrote:Also be sure to consider the # of rounds shot in a specific time frame....and so the resulting barrel temps, etc.
My barrel doesn't see that kind of intense use, which in my opinion, makes the test results somewhat null/void for my situation.
YMMV
LumberZach wrote:arizona98tj wrote:Also be sure to consider the # of rounds shot in a specific time frame....and so the resulting barrel temps, etc.
My barrel doesn't see that kind of intense use, which in my opinion, makes the test results somewhat null/void for my situation.
YMMV
I agree mostly, however it does represent the difference in ammo well. If they took their time they could have gotten more life out of the barrel, but the difference of what the ammo will do to your barrel is really interesting. Also the bit about the money saved shooting steel ammo makes up for the cost of a new barrel+
andrewP wrote:LumberZach wrote:arizona98tj wrote:Also be sure to consider the # of rounds shot in a specific time frame....and so the resulting barrel temps, etc.
My barrel doesn't see that kind of intense use, which in my opinion, makes the test results somewhat null/void for my situation.
YMMV
I agree mostly, however it does represent the difference in ammo well. If they took their time they could have gotten more life out of the barrel, but the difference of what the ammo will do to your barrel is really interesting. Also the bit about the money saved shooting steel ammo makes up for the cost of a new barrel+
That was an interesting article to read. Makes you wonder what the Russian army's spec for barrel life on AKs is.
Speaking as someone who doesn't own an AR but does own a reloading press, I imagine that this data doesn't invalidate my (theoretical) plan of simply buying a set of .223/5.56 dies and going to town when/if I ever do get an AR. I'd have to look at the exact math to be sure, but if I was a betting man, I'd bet that reloads would come out as cheap as or cheaper than the steel-case stuff while letting you get copper jacketed rounds to load vs doing the bi-metal damage to your barrel, and thus would let you have the best of both worlds.
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