luv2safari
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I do on occasion and always run a couple of medium fine abrasive through new barrels that look a little "unfinished". I bore-scope new barrels before I run anything down them, and I have found that the Ruger American barrels are about as nice inside as any I've seen, so I don't do anything but run a patch through them.
I shoot a lot of used and well-used older guns, especially combos, and I sometimes fire lap these if they have decent rifling...not too warn. I'll be fire lapping a problem semi-custom 25-06 that shoots a nicely dispersed pattern. The bore looks sort of OK, but the throat is a bit eroded. If that and a treatment of Dyna Teck don't bring it on in, it's off to JES to become my second 9.3X62 or maybe a 338-06. I've never owned a 338-06.
What's your experience with fire lapping?
I shoot a lot of used and well-used older guns, especially combos, and I sometimes fire lap these if they have decent rifling...not too warn. I'll be fire lapping a problem semi-custom 25-06 that shoots a nicely dispersed pattern. The bore looks sort of OK, but the throat is a bit eroded. If that and a treatment of Dyna Teck don't bring it on in, it's off to JES to become my second 9.3X62 or maybe a 338-06. I've never owned a 338-06.
What's your experience with fire lapping?