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is 1500 rounds alot for a good quality ar 15 barrel?

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  • thedudeabides
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2011
    • 548

    is 1500 rounds alot for a good quality ar 15 barrel?

    looking at a noveske afgan SS 14.5 inch barrel. has about 1500 rounds through it. is that alot for this this particular barrel, or is there still alot of life left in it?

    thanks.
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    roushstage2
    Veteran Member
    • Aug 2011
    • 2782

    1,500 rounds is not much at all. I believe some people shoot more than that at a weekend carbine course.

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    • #3
      BOFH
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2008
      • 504

      Just broken in...

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      • #4
        chim-chim7
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2010
        • 1845

        God I would hope not. I would have to stop shooting due to new barrel costs.

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        • #5
          chim-chim7
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2010
          • 1845

          As soon as you reach the 1,500 mark I will take it off your hands.

          Some people shoot that in one weekend. No worries. Modern barrels can last many thousands of rounds, especially high quality barrels.
          Last edited by chim-chim7; 01-07-2012, 2:31 AM.

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          • #6
            a1c
            CGSSA Coordinator
            • Oct 2009
            • 9098

            I would only start to lowball if the barrel had 10 times that count.
            WTB: French & Finnish firearms. WTS: raw honey, tumbled .45 ACP brass, stupid cat.

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            • #7
              Mr. Beretta
              Calguns Addict
              • Dec 2005
              • 6614

              no...........

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              • #8
                Neptune
                Senior Member
                • Aug 2011
                • 1165

                1500 rounds would be equivalent to 15,000 miles on a new Toyota. It should easily last 20x that in a normal life.

                If it's a varmint rifle or tack driver, expect accuracy to decrease over time, but if you're slinging lead at zombies, it will still be perfectly functional for your needs at that point.


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                • #9
                  dirtyJ
                  Senior Member
                  • Oct 2008
                  • 1002

                  If a Noveske anything fails before 40,000 rounds I'd be surprised.
                  My posts are my own opinion and reflect no official positions of anyone other than myself.

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                  • #10
                    Yugo
                    Calguns Addict
                    • Feb 2011
                    • 8359

                    what about CMMG?
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                    • #11
                      Merc1138
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                      • Feb 2009
                      • 19742

                      Originally posted by Yugo
                      what about CMMG?
                      What about it? It'll be fine for 1500 rounds(it'll probably be fine for 15,000).

                      The only time a barrel is going to last less than 5,000 rounds, is some cabliers for some precision barrels that start to shoot "bad" groups(still sub moa) after a couple thousand rounds, and 5.56/.223 isn't one of those.

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                      • #12
                        h0use
                        Calguns Addict
                        • Jul 2009
                        • 5783

                        i have 12k rounds of wolf ammo threw my ar15. still shooting good.

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                        • #13
                          FatalKitty
                          Veteran Member
                          • Apr 2010
                          • 2942

                          add a ZERO and that's less than what I have through a DPMS barrel that cost me $130 new... your noveske sure as heck better be able to handle more than that


                          ps, I shot 1420 rounds of M855 through it... today
                          you don't rise to the occasion,
                          you just fall back on your level of training.

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                            CSACANNONEER
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                            That's 3-5% of it's life expectancy.
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                            • #15
                              Norsemen308
                              Senior Member
                              • Mar 2011
                              • 1922

                              i have 2k in my oracle and its 4 months old..... now i gotta go buy a new one... THANK YOU!!


                              i have heard 25,000-50,000....
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