Ruger American longevity/wear update

First off, let me say that I shoot the heck out of this rifle. I shoot it often, I let it get hotter than it should, and I've shot hand loads from 2600-3200 FPS, 130 and 140gr bullets. I would consider this a worst case scenario for the RAR's life.

I got my ruger in mid February of 2013. So we are coming up on 4 months. I have 834 rounds through it now.

Except for the initial factory ammo that I purchased I have fired 100 handloaded 130 gr interlocks, and the rest have been 130gr SST's and 140gr SST's when they ran out of 130gr.

When the rifle was new I was seating my bullets nearly .100" shorter than I am now to reach the lands. My current OAL is 3.400", which doesn't even fit in the magazine. I would say that by 1000 rounds this barrel will be about done.

Now of course if you shot a light weight, thin barreled rifle like it was intended to I am sure you would get quite a bit more out of it.

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