FX Life expectancy of a slug liner

[rickschowengerdt]

Good afternoon, I have not came across anybody talking about? What is the life expectancy of a barrel on FX impact M3 slug liner? I have roughly about 15000 rounds. 90 percent are slugs. Any information would be greatly appreciated and I. Would like to thank everybody in advance.

Sincerely, Rick.

 

[bchannell]

Many lifetimes. Essentially it is not a consideration. That's why it never comes up.

Airguns don't have the fire and erosion of posder burners, so with only soft lead friction it would take a couple lifetimes to have appreciable wear.

 

[Revoman]

^^^^This.

 

[MongooseV8]

Good afternoon, I have not came across anybody talking about? What is the life expectancy of a barrel on FX impact M3 slug liner? I have roughly about 15000 rounds. 90 percent are slugs. Any information would be greatly appreciated and I. Would like to thank everybody in advance.

Sincerely, Rick.

Homie you need to be the one telling us! I would bet 500 internet points that you have one of the most slugs through a liner on the forum.

But my assertion would be due to the low pressures, speeds, and very soft alloys air ammos are made from; that you can expect to spend a small fortune shooting before you actually wear out a liner.

If you start to notice group sizes opening up do to unexpected fliers, and your bore is clean; might be time to replace. And now that I think about it a bit, I bet you could even bring it back with some bore polish.

 

[Motorhead]

Shooting a full body in contact with bore SLUG .... Lead fouling is the nemesis, not barrel wear.

 

[Corvid_hunter]

Cleaning it wrong would wear it more than shooting slugs.