Vangunsmith says on another post on this site don't believe all you hear and its all dependant on the gun. Yet here the ammo is not worth a flip.

Let me just say all anyone can say is to try it. A box of ammo won't kill you and its the only way you'll ever know if they shoot well or not. I've seen it go both ways with light mags.

As to whether the supposed extra MPH is worth it or not, thats up to you. But it can be worth it simply from an accuracy check. As to those that say an extra 100 fps doesn't matter-- well it may not but then again if you miss judge distance and make a bad shot any extra flatness or energy may help make a difference. So if it works I say don't worry about others. If its not accurate don't worry about 100 fps slower.

As to light mags burning out barrels faster, I suspect it is true. But on the life of a hunting rifle for the average shooter you'll never know it. If you shoot 5 boxes of shells a year it'll still probably take you 6-8 years to even see a difference and most every barrel will last 1000-1500 rounds minimum. Thats a lot of rounds. Thats the life of most magnum barrels to hold sub moa accuracy out at 600-1000 yards on the rifle range. Up close around 100-200 it doesn't seem to matter much even then.

FWIW on a 223 experiment I know folks using the same barrels as I use and mild loads(ie normal factory representative) while I on the other hand run pretty stiff loads and probably somewhat the same powder that the light mags use. Our barrel life differences are less than 500 rounds which can be one barrel to another. IE the slower crowd has the same life differences between them as they do between mine and theirs.

If you shoot 100 rounds a year I congratulate you on the practice. Most don't. I don't run my main hunting guns that much but I try to shoot a minimum of 1000 rounds a year in 22s and smaller rifles in hunting practice to keep up to date. I can then switch to my hunting guns and have full confidence without burning up the barrel and powder and bullets on a gun hunting rifle.

Jeff