Are these tooling marks unacceptable in a barrel ?
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How does it shoot?
if it shoots fine, put the bore cam away and plink it up.
if it shoots fine, put the bore cam away and plink it up.
Bore scopes will drive you crazy the only time I use one is if I have a gun that absolutely will not shoot. If you’re just gonna go look at a barrel, you’re gonna drive yourself nuts if it shoots, don’t look at it lol.
This is the reason I don’t own one. I have plenty things to drive me crazy about my shooting.
Shoot a savage barrel
Then bore scope it
You’ll be surprised
Then bore scope it
You’ll be surprised
Myself I borrow one from my friend if I need one, but it drives him nuts. He’ll call me on the phone talking about how bad they look and I’m like just shoot it if it shoots OK who cares what it looks like it could be smoothbore if it shoots good Quit worrying about it lol
Exactly! The only time I use a caliper on my reloads, is when I start blowing primers…..
As far as I can tell from the dark images, these rather ugly marks look much more like marks from chambering or crown reaming, and not from barrel production. Is this a barrel blank or a chambered barrel? Where in the barrel are these marks? (I suspect within 3/4" forward of the end of the chamber, caused by the reamer pilot, or within 3/4" of the muzzle from a crowning tool.) As has been said, if the barrel shoots and does not copper up at these marks, no issue. But if the barrel is not up to your expectations, talk to the smith first and then barrelmaker if needed.
I get that, but I like using one now and then just to keep an eye on things especially for throat erosion or carbon buildup. But yeah, if it shoots fine, probably no need to stress
