Thread: Interesting view on the 308 v new calibres

The funny thing is, back in the day I never heard anyone saying 270's (or even 243s as I read somewhere recently) were barrel burners especially when using factory ammo.
They were all good for several thousand rounds minimum when looked after properly. 5k seems to be a number that popped up back then for centerfires.
maybe 22-250 and some of the magnums like the 7mm rem mag.
unless you were culling and only shot a couple of deer a year with a sight check every know and again, they were meant to last for yonks.