If you kiss enough frogs....

[Brent Francis]

Steve, Thanks, I ran a brass cleaning brush and some Hoppes #9 and a few cotton patches through it and the bores look really good. Some very light shallow pits just ahead of the chamber and two very small shallow dents in the left barrel that can be seen on the inside. I actually prefer to see a little roughness in the bores of an old gun because it means that its less likely anybody has honed the walls too thin. My plan is to leave the bores alone.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Brent Francis

Steve, Thanks, I ran a brass cleaning brush and some Hoppes #9 and a few cotton patches through it and the bores look really good. Some very light shallow pits just ahead of the chamber and two very small shallow dents in the left barrel that can be seen on the inside. I actually prefer to see a little roughness in the bores of an old gun because it means that its less likely anybody has honed the walls too thin. My plan is to leave the bores alone.

I would leave them as it too.

I have always wondered how a rough or semi-rough bore effects patterns. Intuitively, to me, it seems that rough or slighly pitted bores would not make much diff. Do the pellets bounce off rough spots, distorting the patter, or just blow right by them?

I have shot rifles with rough bores and some worked fine. One, a badly ringed, dark bore in an old GEW98 made in 1915 darn near shoots MOA! Funny.