Barrel fouling versus pitting

[J.B. Books]

I just thought I would report that the 180 grit flex hone cleaned up the bores to a great extent visually but did not change the measurements. Scott K and I measured the bore and chokes yesterday, still .780 which is where I started and .028 and .029 for constriction. Scott test fired one of his pet turkey loads of 1 1/2 ounces of number 6 and got an 82% pattern from my right barrel at 40 yards. The flex-hone tool might be a good thing to try before going to the next step of removing metal.

[Dave Miles]

Originally Posted by Pete Lester

I just thought I would report that the 180 grit flex hone cleaned up the bores to a great extent visually but did not change the measurements. Scott K and I measured the bore and chokes yesterday, still .780 which is where I started and .028 and .029 for constriction. Scott test fired one of his pet turkey loads of 1 1/2 ounces of number 6 and got an 82% pattern from my right barrel at 40 yards. The flex-hone tool might be a good thing to try before going to the next step of removing metal.

Not trying to be a wise guy, but how can you hone the bores and clean up the pitting, without removing metal? Thus increasing bore dimension.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Dave Miles

Not trying to be a wise guy, but how can you hone the bores and clean up the pitting, without removing metal? Thus increasing bore dimension.

The only thing I can tell you Dave is the bores look noticeably better and if any metal was removed it is in the order of .0005 or less and the performance of the gun was not adversely affected. I also shot a 1 3/8 of chilled lead 2's from each barrel at a 30 inch steel plate at 40 yards. I achieved a 77 and 76% pattern.

[DDowner]

I don't believe that style of hone will remove any detectable amount of metal, I think it is just cleaning the barrels and the bottom of the pits so they are harder to see, I love mine once every so often I use it after I clean the gun and it really cleans the bores and they clean up allot easier for some time after wards.