Are these tooling marks unacceptable in a barrel ?

[st1650]

How bad are these ? Can they be firelapped away with the wheeler kit ? Or am I just a retard with a borescope.

 

[Caba]

Depends...who made the barrel and who does the rifle shot?

 

[whatsupdoc]

Pics are not great and they are dark, are the marks all in one area or in multiple sections in the barrel?
Is this something you sent to a smith or is it a ready to go prefit?

 

[oldrifleman]

Would that be a factory barrel? Those are ugly pictures. I don’t know what the rest of the barrel looks like, but you are not going to lap those out.

 

[ST1TCH]

How does it shoot?

if it shoots fine, put the bore cam away and plink it up.

 

[7mm-08 Freak]

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.

 

[oldrifleman]

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.

 

[hafejd30]

Shoot a savage barrel

Then bore scope it

You’ll be surprised

 

[7mm-08 Freak]

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

 

[Holliday]

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.

Exactly! The only time I use a caliper on my reloads, is when I start blowing primers…..

 

[Thump_rrr]

Shoot a savage barrel

Then bore scope it

You’ll be surprised

Came here to post this.

 

[Rider47]

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.

 

[Gunny89]

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.

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

 

[Gunny89]

Shoot a savage barrel

Then bore scope it

You’ll be surprised

Yeah, I’ve seen some barrels that looked rough but still shot great. Guess sometimes it’s better to just let the groups do the talking!