I’mnot suggesting they last longer. I’m suggesting rapid firing schedules last shorter.
I assume I’m misinterpreting something in your statement, so please bear with me....
First, this topic is more of “an itch I can’t scratch” than something I really feel passionately about. The widely accepted notion is logical, and in a physical sense, it sure seems like it should be true. I have SOME engineering based reason to doubt the truth, but the systems are different enough, my mind accepts that each could be a law unto themselves.
But I believe in data. My own dataset doesn’t support the widely accepted notion, but I recognize it’s not an exhaustive dataset - so I keep hoping someone has such to either confirm or disprove mine.
What I believe I have is two-fold: 1) a relatively substantial experience in burning out barrels in conditions where the competition format or my own shooting pace yielded barrels “too hot to touch,” and 2) a limited experience in burning out barrels under less strenuous, slower fire conditions where my barrel never even got warm to the touch, following those guidelines of 2min or more between each shot. Short-hand: I’ve burned out a lot of barrels shooting fast, and a few barrels shooting slow.
What I’ve observed is also two-fold: 1) the standard deviation of barrel life is pretty high, and 2) lifespan between a fast fired barrels and a slow fired barrels aren’t statistically different.
Resultingly - my assumptions about this divergence of my personal dataset from the widely accepted notion have to be two-fold: either 1) there’s something wrong with my personal data set, or 2) the widely accepted notion isn’t true.
So I ask for data whenever I see someone who claims to have a “system” or otherwise implies a depth of data to support the widely accepted notion that shooting fast burns out barrels shooting slow. So far, in ringing this particular bell several times for over 10 years, nobody has been able to provide data to support it. So my dissatisfaction continues, and my brain continues to itch.