Barrel pitting?

[French Colonial]

Just one man's stance, but if I had a pitted bore, I'd replace it. I think more of my muzzleloaders than I do my unmentionables. Every man must decide for himself.

Even if it shot great?

 

[SDSmlf]

Even if it shot great?

So it’s safe to assume any barrel or gun you sell or trade off is a poor shooter, good to know.

From my own observations, folks sell both great and poor shooting guns and barrels, at least with them working the trigger, all the time. People sell and trade for all sorts of reasons.

 

[French Colonial]

So it’s safe to assume any barrel or gun you sell or trade off is a poor shooter, good to know.

From my own observations, folks sell both great and poor shooting guns and barrels, at least with them working the trigger, all the time. People sell and trade for all sorts of reasons.

Yep, pretty much, if I cannot get it to shoot, down the road it goes.

Doesn't happen very often and I like tinkering with them and when I figure out what it takes and get good accuracy they go in the gun safe and off to the next problem child, there are some that I finally give up on and then it's time to see if someone else has better luck.

The safe is pretty full, but then I think I have been accused of being a hoarder, so there is that.

Edit.....and let me add that I have seen shooters in other disciplines switch out barrels only to find the new barrel either shot the same or actually shot worse, everyone of them is different.

 

[Relic shooter]

The way I see it, we older experienced shooters should do all we can to help new muzzleloader shooters out with any questions they ask..

As it stands now after 70 years in the sport & building & collecting guns I'm still learning new ideas & technology thanks to some of the youngsters on the internet.

Back when I started at about 10 years old, there wasn't many in my area of the Southwest shooting muzzleloaders so just started collecting & blasting away with old originals.

The muzzleloader sport started slowing down about 30 years ago.
Looked like our so called public servants turned against us so many diverted their attention & money into stockpiling unmentionables & ammo.
I feel now since our last election our great historical sport will grow & prosper again.
We vintage members should be happy to provide the new generation some help & not criticize those asking .
Relic shooter

 

[Rebel bull]

That’s the plan if Traditions can get me a part number. A custom barrel would cost as much as I paid for this rifle, so I am hoping Traditions can supply a part number for a replacement. They do not make the gun or carry many spare parts
So we will so how it plays out.

If this was an older rifle with history I would live with it. However it is not. It is a rifle that was delivered to me in June. So not even a year old yet. To me that’s not character or wear or life. It is neglect and inexperience.

I know what happened, I was too inexperienced or dumb to catch it when the rifle was new/delivered. Oh well, mistake made and we must move on.

well when you decide to put a new barrel on that gun let me know what you want to send me the bad barrel I need one for a project

 

[Taevers]

Yep, pretty much, if I cannot get it to shoot, down the road it goes.

Doesn't happen very often and I like tinkering with them and when I figure out what it takes and get good accuracy they go in the gun safe and off to the next problem child, there are some that I finally give up on and then it's time to see if someone else has better luck.

The safe is pretty full, but then I think I have been accused of being a hoarder, so there is that.

Edit.....and let me add that I have seen shooters in other disciplines switch out barrels only to find the new barrel either shot the same or actually shot worse, everyone of them is different.

what Frenchy says

 

[roundballman]

I have a pretty old Sante Fe Hawken that has a badly pitted barrel. I use it as a hunting rifle so multiple shots don't happen often. It shoots great and has been killing deer every year. Just clean up well after each use and use a rust prevention coating before storage. I use a light coating of RIG.

 

[Grenadier1758]

From what I have seen from guns reviewed at my gun club, it's the pitting at the breech that is most detrimental to accuracy. Apparently, the pitting at the breech causes the patches to burn up and not engage the barrel and the ball during the firing thus allowing far more gas blowby to impair target accuracy. Otherwise, the barrel pitting will collect more fouling to build up which means that the loading procedure must address the fouling build up. This can be loading with a fairly wet patch or careful wiping between shots to pull fouling from the barrel and not push fouling into the flash channel.

 

[SPQR70AD]

like many others I have seen pitted bores on any type rifle shoot good and I have seen shiny bores not shoot good at all

 

[wiscoaster]

OP, what you've pictured in your bore shots is nothin' compared to the usual milsurp that still shoots just fine.