Mills:
A professional inspection is key to the decision to hone. What you think is badly pitted may not actually be. Nonetheless, a light honing will do little harm if the barrel walls are thick enough to take it. But the key to honing is to only take out as much metal as necessary to smooth things up a bit. Many "gunsmiths" simply use a fixed diameter reamer that takes out too much metal in many cases. The result is a smooth bore -- but one that has lost more metal than necessary. If you go the hone route, please check into this with your gunsmith. Or... simply choose someone like Del Grego and the job will get done right.
Best, Kensal
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