okay, i've got a navy .36 cap and ball.
somewhere... it got packed away a while back, as it needed a fair bit of work. new nipples, etc.
but my question is: there's bump inside the rifling, in the bore. it's under the front sight. i figure, while that was getting bored/tapped, it was done too far, and distorted the bore just a hair.
now, i look at that and i think it's distoring the ball as it leaves, ruining accuracy. i never shot the gun a great deal(maybe 50 rounds, all told. the nipples were lousy and ruined the gun's reliability. misfires and hangfires were the order of the day).
any thoughts on the effect this will have? i'm fairly certain it's an italian make, but i'd have to find it to be sure.
i'd like to remedy this without getting a new barrel, but if i had to, where could i go?
somewhere... it got packed away a while back, as it needed a fair bit of work. new nipples, etc.
but my question is: there's bump inside the rifling, in the bore. it's under the front sight. i figure, while that was getting bored/tapped, it was done too far, and distorted the bore just a hair.
now, i look at that and i think it's distoring the ball as it leaves, ruining accuracy. i never shot the gun a great deal(maybe 50 rounds, all told. the nipples were lousy and ruined the gun's reliability. misfires and hangfires were the order of the day).
any thoughts on the effect this will have? i'm fairly certain it's an italian make, but i'd have to find it to be sure.
i'd like to remedy this without getting a new barrel, but if i had to, where could i go?