How many rounds does it take to wear out a 22lr bore

[357 MAX]

just curious, any body ever wore out/shot out a 22lr gun

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[OrPackrat]

I believe thats what happened to my grandfathers old hi-standard.

Round count if had to guess, between what I put though it as a child and more 10k....

Many bricks were shot through...

Can't speak to the decades before that...

 

[jbett98]

I've seen a pre war Winchester pump carnival gun that had no visible rifling to speak of.
It could be from over a million rounds or just excessive cleaning.

 

[RVTECH]

I had a friend who gave me an old 10-22 barrel he said had been on the rifle since he was a kid and he believed he had worn it out due to MANY years of shooting it - and lots.

Once he got a new barrel it was back to new - and likewise excellent accuracy!

 

[ktgee]

I have a 10/22 that used to shoot straight. After over 10,000 rds and 30 years of usage, it stopped shooting straight. I replaced the barrel with a threaded bull barrel. Now, it punches groups of 1" at 50 yds. Way better than before.

 

[Aught Six]

Bought a Marlin 60 that was so dirty the bolt would not move forward, it was locked in the rear from carbon.
A fine 1979 Marlin. The wife and grandson learned on it.
It took weeks to get the lead out of the barrel, and to clean and jewel the action.
Been shooting great for over 25 years now.

The trick to a clean barrel is to use copper jacketed rounds.

How you wear out a barrel is by running very hot rounds thru it.
There are no rimfire ammo made that way.

I have a 30-06 barrel that has a 5000 round limit until its wore out.
I still have 2500 rounds to go.
When I first got it I had it short chambered to 3.27, it is now 3.33. I have to 3.84 before it needs to be replaced.
Thats shooting a 178gr A-Max @ 2880fps thru a stainless barrel.

 

[arakboss]

My question would be, what defines worn out?

 

[Kruel J]

I did it once with the .22lr I had as a kid. Shot the rifling out of it. I don't know how many rounds but I would guess 30k? It was also a cheap Ward's made by Marlin I believe.

 

[Kruel J]

My question would be, what defines worn out?

Rifling smoothed out or just gone causing accuracy issues.

 

[bcp]

I've seen a pre war Winchester pump carnival gun that had no visible rifling to speak of.
It could be from over a million rounds or just excessive cleaning.

Winchester and others made 22 smoothbores as garden shotguns. Some shooting galleries used these, so the shooting was more a game of chance instead of skill. I've seen some of these at carnival shooting galleries long ago.

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[Ducati_Meister]

I did it once with the .22lr I had as a kid. Shot the rifling out of it. I don't know how many rounds but I would guess 30k? It was also a cheap Ward's made by Marlin I believe.

Good ol Monkey Wards?

 

[Kruel J]

Good ol Monkey Wards?

Yesssir. It saw so much abuse LOL.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

just curious, any body ever wore out/shot out a 22lr gun

Yep. As a kid shot a bolt action tube magazine that my siblings also shot. Rifling was so worn out that the bullets would come out sideways. Sometimes they made a ricochet sound as they came out the barrel. Also had a friend that had full auto .22 when I was a kid (10/22). Rifling was gone in that gun in pretty short order.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

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How you wear out a barrel is by running very hot rounds thru it.
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Wrong

 

[edzz]

I believe the answer to this question is one of those perplexing questions that contains many variables to determine a definitive answer.

Much like the age old question, "How many licks dose it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?".

I also believe it would depend on the Tootsie Pop.

 

[oa98pistol512]

Ruger mk2 slabside I bought new at 30k or so rounds the rifling came apart cutting the bullets. Ruger replaced the barrel for free.

 

[Tlock]

I ran a ruger 10 22 with a awc technologies barrel for work for 10+ years. Id guess 15k + rounds a year. No issues

 

[2Wheels4Ever]

I've a got a Ruger Standard and have personally put 50k through it. It was made in the 50s and when I got it in 2010, it was by no means a new gun. Who knows the total? It still out-shoots all my other .22lr pistols.

 

[WAYNO]

I don't think .22 LR rimfire can ruin a barrel.

Abuse, neglect, and overzealous cleaning are the culprits.

 

[JDubDub]

35 year old Buckmark with I don't know how many tens of thousands of rounds fired. The bottom of the slide is almost worn away, I've had to replace almost every pin, the hammer, firing pin (3x) and the trigger - but the barrel still has strong rifling and the pistol is still ridiculously accurate.

I just make sure to clean carefully and never run a metal brush down the barrel. I even pulled the brass brush out of my bore snake.