About a month ago, I took my mini 14 out for its first real good shoot. After about 1-30 round clip the barrel was too hot to touch for more than a second or two. I have several questions: 1. When the barrel gets this hot, does accuracy start to suffer? 2. Can anything be done about it. 3. Are there any other semi-auto rifles in .223 that I could shoot a lot more than just 30 rounds before the barrel would heat up (and get in-accurate)?