Haugenna - I have barreled about a dozen of these. As was mentioned earlier, this is acaliber that usually doesn't get shot very much (can you spell "unpleasant"?); so I have only had one that came back for asecond barrel. That one had a Hart 1:12 and was shot out in only about 300 rounds. The customer was using the NP3 plated OX bullets for about 150 of those shots, however; and they are known for wearing barrels out in a hurry. I would expect with normal bullets and full power loads a barrel would have an accurate life of about 500 rounds.

Count me as another poster who thinks this caliber is only worth the high maintenancewhen shots exceed 500 yards. Roskoe