Weatherby 6.5-300 mag

I would think 800-1000 for deer range

Not much lol

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Don't know how well the barrel will hold up, but I did get to shoot one. A friend bought a Cooper for his 14 year old son. Don't remember the model number but it was a fluted stainless barrel with a brake set in a synthetic stock. He topped it with a Leupold VX-6HD 4X24. I chrono'd the load so he could get a insert for the elevation turret. I was shooting a 130gr. Scirocco at 3480 fps. Recoil with the brake was about like shooting a 243. Very nice. Only person that I know that bought a $4000 outfit for 14 year old.

Captcurt said:

Only person that I know that bought a $4000 outfit for 14 year old.

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Never played paintball huh?

Sounds like a nice rig. Barrel life would be plenty good enough for a hunting gun, id also agree with the 8-1k round number. I wouldnt practice with it much tho, otherwise you might be rebarreling yearly.

Not much to be gained over a .264WM in the heavier bullets because powder burn rate falls off the chart - .50BMG powder isn't slow enough.

With lighter bullets it's a barnstormer.

Accurate barrel life will be a few hundred rounds with a large amount of drop-off in accuracy by 800 or so.

800 rounds @ 20 shots a year? Come back and let us know, in 2059.