Bore Scope Results - Interpretation?

[cal.43]

If you shoot the rifle often the patch will polish it. just shoot it.

 

[Harry Marinakis]

What is your main purpose for this rifle?

I've been shooting it for a year. It fouls easily and that makes it difficult to ram a ball home.
I have just been swabbing every shot or every other shot. That keeps it manageable.
Tried a thicker patch (0.018" versus 0.015"), but then it's a serious chore to ram the ball down.

I only do target shooting. Competitions, woods walks, primitive shoots, etc. Also take it out on overnight primitive treks.

This is my primary rifle for everything. Got a pretty 38 cal, but that's my backup rifle for competitions.

 

[bpd303]

If you shoot the rifle often the patch will polish it. just shoot it.

I have polished several barrels by fire lapping them. A slightly undersized round ball and a thick patch that is lubed with a bees wax & oil with valve grinding compound coating the patch. I use a light powder load about half the grains of a standard load.

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

I have polished several barrels by fire lapping them. A slightly undersized round ball and a thick patch that is lubed with a bees wax & oil with valve grinding compound coating the patch. I use a light powder load about half the grains of a standard load.

I never thought about doing that!!!! thanks bud.all this knowledge I'm getting from yaw really impresses my buds. hahaha they actually think I know something. hahaha. but later I tell them where I'm getting the information from. well I wait a week or so before I tell them

 

[reddogge]

Have you tried JB Bore Polishing Paste and Kroil? It could polish up that bore a little and make it easier to load.

 

[Harry Marinakis]

I went shooting today, after scrubbing the bore with valve grinding paste and steel wool.

I can load with a thicker patch, and now I can get 5 to 10 shots without having to swab.

This is the 300-yard shooting range in my backyard.

50 yard stance.

 

[R Ellis]

Very good you may want to do the scrub it again to see if it gets even better

 

[morehops52]

Wow, how many of us wish we had a range like that? I've found that just using metal polishing paste smoothed the bore out enough to make loading noticeably easier. Good to hear your polishing efforts paid off.