Anybody know how much chamber pressure a .50 BMG generates???? The barrel for the Barrett Model 99 is pressed fitted. From the Barrett web site: The match-toleranced barrel is hydraulically pressed and locked into the extrusion...
Press fitting may not be the preferred or most popular way to attach a barrel, but it apparently isn't the only way. If a pressed barrel is good enough for a Barrett .50 cal rifle, it's good enough for my .30-06.
54 Kpsi by CIP standards. There is no SAAMI standard MAP for .50BMG (yet), but it would likely be within +/- 5 Kpsi from the CIP standard. The SAAMI MAP for .30-06 is 60 Kpsi. Regarding the Barrett vs. the 710, there isn't even a comparison in quality and manufacturing standards between the two. Night and day.
But hey, if you like your rifle so much, great. But the fact is that it's a mediocre disposable rifle, and anyone looking to buy their first rifle would be well advised to disregard it as a viable choice as there are at least a half dozen rifles out there that are in the same price range that are FAR better than the 710 or the "new and improved" 770. You can't polish a turd, which is exactly what Rem tried to do with the 770.
Mike