Slugging barrels......Don't F'in do things like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[whatsupdoc]

Hey Frank, isn't the standard Bartlien warranty for a 284 1000 rounds before accuracy falls off or
4 strokes with a steel pin whichever comes first?


Post the link text to the video if you cant get it to link.

 

[Edsel]

After all, how else would one know where the bore was tight?

Think it’s a reasonable question

 

[SkyScrapin]

You can’t fix stupid but you can deny its warranty. I am sure he laps his rings too. lol

Pfft. He laps his scope tube, not the rings.

 

[Edsel]

The owner of the rifle felt it wasn’t shooting good enough. He thinks the steel isn’t good. So, he decided to make his own bushing and put it on a cleaning rod and push it down the bore to check the barrel. He feels there are tight spots in it. I’ll guarantee you that he scored the tops of the lands. Barrel is guaranteed junk now.
Any lint, dirt, carbon particles etc.... will get forced between the slug and the bore and your going to do damage. Worse yet.... a steel bushing was made and to what spec it was made to and your pushing it down the bore. Nothing but a disaster here.

Nothing in his email about how he’s cleaning it, how many rounds on it… how it’s shooting etc… not to mention what the diameter/spec he made his custom steel bushing to in order to check the bore.

Yes.... No warranty being given.

I'm refraining from using very choice words right now!

Haven’t seen the video, so I’ll play the uninformed Devil’s Advocate for a moment.

Is what he did equivalent to testing the bore with a crude pin gauge, or was he ramming it down with force?

 

[Potsy]

There are days when I am glad I’m dumb enough that doing something like that wouldn’t have occurred to me.

The downside is that it has doomed me to being a sales rep my entire career. You know, the guys that stand around scratching their heads at production, accounting, and upper management?

Makes you wonder which one that guy was…….

 

[Makinchips208]

There are days when I am glad I’m dumb enough that doing something like that wouldn’t have occurred to me.

The downside is that it has doomed me to being a sales rep my entire career. You know, the guys that stand around scratching their heads at production, accounting, and upper management?

Makes you wonder which one that guy was…….

Definitely upper managment.

 

[Frank Green]

Raising Frank's blood pressure?

Mike

No shit!

It just amazes me what people do to stuff. Not just guns in this case.

If your having a problem... issue... call first before you do stuff to the point of where your at which is beyond the point of no return. Then the guy expects the manufacturer to give you a free replacement and in a lot of cases... guys get mad when you say no.

 

[Edsel]

No shit!

It just amazes me what people do to stuff. Not just guns in this case.

If your having a problem... issue... call first before you do stuff to the point of where your at which is beyond the point of no return. Then the guy expects the manufacturer to give you a free replacement and in a lot of cases... guys get mad when you say no.

Come on.

Tell us what the guy did, if you can’t post the video.

Did he hammer it in?

 

[Frank Green]

My impression from the op was he was trying to prove Frank's barrel had an inconsistent bore and wanted a new barrel. @Frank Green ?

He told his gunsmith it wasn't shooting good. So he first thought of course is.... it's the barrel or bad steel.

So he decided on his own to go and slug it with a steel bushing. When he did he feels that there are tight spots in the bore. Well for starters there is no way the bushing can float on it's own. You have it attached to a cleaning rod. If your rod alignment is off just a bit... the bushing is going to drag from one side to the other etc... on top of that... what diameter is the bushing vs the bore size? Nothing but a disaster is going to happen.

 

[Frank Green]

Come on.

Tell us what the guy did, if you can’t post the video.

Did he hammer it in?

I can't get the video to load. Tried several times.

Didn't hammer it in... just pushing it down the bore on the cleaning rod...

Oh and he didn't even use a cleaning rod/bore guide either! You can see the rod jerking as he's pushing and then pulling it back.

 

[Edsel]

I can't get the video to load. Tried several times.

Didn't hammer it in... just pushing it down the bore on the cleaning rod...

Oh and he didn't even use a cleaning rod/bore guide either! You can see the rod jerking as he's pushing and then pulling it back.

I might have topped that - when I was much, much younger

 

[OREGUN]

I can’t imagine the thought process that led to this idea, the belief that it would “show”, “prove”, or even illuminate anything regarding the bore diameter, or the misguided industriousness required to make this “tool”. Holy crap.

 

[camotoe]

And all you gotta do, is let loose a pack of bore weevils, they will clean up any bad spots.

 

[Xcount]

He's an F class shooter and doesn't know better. Wow.....I tend to F class is generally fairly experienced shooters and not brand new riflemen. Incredible.

Oh you are completely wrong there.

That’s why they were, at times, called The F’ers. Decipher as you like.

 

[roostercogburn98]

Yer just eggin' me on.......

 

[Edsel]

And all you gotta do, is let loose a pack of bore weevils, they will clean up any bad spots.

 

[Beefmanne]

 

[Hecouldgoalltheway]

If you're having grouping problems I feel bad for you son.

He's got 99 problems, but a warranty ain't one.

 

[SoundFx]

Don’t zoom in on the dude’s fingers. Sounds judgy as hell, but even his digits look a little off.

 

[Threadcutter308]

There are days when I am glad I’m dumb enough that doing something like that wouldn’t have occurred to me.

The downside is that it has doomed me to being a sales rep my entire career. You know, the guys that stand around scratching their heads at production, accounting, and upper management?

Senior Sales guys all stand around scratching their balls. BTDT. Retired.

DILLIGAF ?

 

[Mike Casselton]

No shit!

It just amazes me what people do to stuff. Not just guns in this case.

If your having a problem... issue... call first before you do stuff to the point of where your at which is beyond the point of no return. Then the guy expects the manufacturer to give you a free replacement and in a lot of cases... guys get mad when you say no.

I think I have a bad barrel.
Proof 7.5tw, 22", chambered in 6-BR.
Shot from a rickety wooden bench with a tail wind.


5265 rounds on the barrel.

I demand a refund!!!!

 

[Holliday]

I bet he owns a borescope........

And a caliper! Fucking hell these people!

Like school shooters and ARs.

Why own your mental illness, when you can blame a precision tool.

 

[Holliday]

I can't get the video to load. Tried several times.

You have to load it to youtube then post the link. You can set it to only be viewed by those with a link.

 

[Cascade Hemi]

Was that wrong, should I not have done that?

 

[OkieMike]

No shit!

It just amazes me what people do to stuff. Not just guns in this case.

If your having a problem... issue... call first before you do stuff to the point of where your at which is beyond the point of no return. Then the guy expects the manufacturer to give you a free replacement and in a lot of cases... guys get mad when you say no.

I've been told that owning your own business and interacting with customers can be extremely rewarding...

I don't actually believe that. But it's what I've been told.

Mike

 

[DIBBS]

Some people are just fucking stupid. The End!

 

[clcustom1911]

This is why God made lead.

No shit. The only time I ever slugged a bore was on my Springfield 30-40 Krag to confirm the bore was for either .311 or 308 projectiles. People are fucking wild. Steel slug

 

[LeftyJason]

And a caliper! Fucking hell these people!

Like school shooters and ARs.

Why own your mental illness, when you can blame a precision tool.

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[OkieMike]

Like this?
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"Yes your honor, that's when I punched the customer in the throat."

Mike