[eastexsteve]

Any idea what barrel life was with the .25-35? I've been kind of intetested in finding one, off and on, for years...

What shortened barrel life in the older guns like this was they were made from older softer steels.

[Who is John Galt?]

What shortened barrel life in the older guns like this was they were made from older softer steels.

Good point! My experience is pretty limited, but even so, I have noticed that barrel steel does vary. The 'softest' barrel I ever worked on was an early 1940s British Lee-Enfield; the 'hardest' was a Russian Saiga 5.56...