to what degree is barrel rust/pitting

[Tinker2]

before payin' a whole lot of attention to the "gloom & doomers" I'd give it a vigorous scrubbin' with a green scotchbrite, clean it up good, then take it out & shoot it. these old things will surprise ya from time to time. I've had guns that after a good scrub you could barely tell even had riflin' & they were plenty accurate enough for a huntin' gun.

just the opinion of one old man. YMMV

:metoo:

One of the things I do is restore old guns.

Different people want different things.
Some want GGG Granddads old gun restored; some want a new barrel, lock and stock on it.

Different people want different things.
Clean it, if you’re not happy, do what makes you happy.



William Alexander