The farther from the action you grab it, the more likely you are to bend it. A sporter barrel is a lot easier to bend than a big fat one. I’m not saying you would bend it. I’m saying you’d be at higher risk. It would also likely require a custom/homemade action wrench.
true but you also have to look at what you are buying quality wise, if you have a rifle that you really like, you might be money ahead in the quality department to spend 1000 dollars on a new barrel and bedding job rather than buying a whole rifle for 1000 dollars.
Likely starting to loose their edge, but perhaps nothing more than some bad trigger pulling fallowed by the need to blame something other than himself. The guy digging them out was setting them back 1”. Obviously .5MOA won’t win a benchrest match. I was given a PPC barrel that was loosing its edge because it went from shooting in the “teens” to shooting in the low “3’s”.
I’m 100% in favor of putting a new barrel on a rifle. I’m just not that interested in making a “switch barrel” hunting rifle. Not saying it can’t be done. It can. Not even saying it has to be a hassle. But to me, for a hunting rifle, I just want to get a good load going, sight it in, and never change anything after that. It may take me a few seasons to land on my preferred end point. I tinker. But once I got it where I want it, I just wanna leave it be. I’m out on a switch barrel hunting rifle.
That’s why I sell all my stuff at drastically reduced prices… expect disappointment and you won’t be disappointed
The sporter barrel is, in relative terms, FAR more vulnerable just as you suggest. I haven't done any calculations to show otherwise. However, I have torqued a few sporter barrels on a couple hundred times without issue. For what it's worth...
Traveling in a metal box at 80 mph is NOT a serious risk? I feel a whole lot more comfortable with amateur gunsmithing than shade tree mechanics and I do both.
