6.5CM - Actual Barrel Life

[98TJ10]

Just thinking about barrel life and actual "realized" accuracy loss. What is the anticipated barrel life before accuracy decreases enough to be noticeable for general shooting/hunting (obviously somewhat subjective)? Not chasing .25MOA but where it opens up enough where you start questioning a re-barrel.

 

[wpeach1912]

3k is my personal go to on 6.5 creed barrels. I have a proof carbon right now with a bit over 2800 rounds on it that’s still going strong. It’s been used for many NRL hunter matches as well as hunting