Many people shoot pitted guns without functional issues. They are, harder to clean, not pretty to look at and their value is diminished. Not all guns are pitted from corrosive primers, black powder and lack of care, some left the factory with deep and extensive pitting in the area of the breech where pressures are the highest. Look at all the stress risers on this Fox. Stress risers on the outside weaken a barrel much more than stress risers on the inside, think about the strength of an arch in bridge construction. I think about everyone here would shoot the Fox gun below and not one individual would be concerned about the pits. Then again sometimes pitting is so severe you see right through the barrel, depending on where that happens people still shoot them. Not much pressure as you get towards the muzzle. Your gun is most likely fine to shoot if the barrel walls are sufficiently thick enough.
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