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Thought I’d add a little to my post from a few days ago.
Meister Bullets makes a product called the “Slug Your Barrel Kit”, which I think is excellent. Anyway, I slugged the barrel on the 1885 High Wall I mentioned in the previous post, and the slug mic’d right at .312″. The slug was pretty tight for the first 12″ or so, after which it got a little easier for the remainder of the barrel to the chamber. The bore is shiny and the rifling is still well defined and pretty sharp, although some pitting is present.
I had a box of Black Hills 115gr FPL on hand, so off to the range I went. I started at 25yds, and got down to a 5-shot group in a little over 1″ center-to-center. At 50yds the best I did was a 5-shot group in 2 1/2″. I thought that wasn’t too bad for 127 year old bore, original open sights, and 69 year old eyes. I hope to do better with a tang sight and a powder/bullet combination my particular rifle likes.
I think Bert was correct, Winchester made some pretty good shooting guns.
Thanks for all the great responses I’ve gotten to my various posts.
mustang said
Thought I’d add a little to my post from a few days ago.
The slug was pretty tight for the first 12″ or so, after which it got a little easier for the remainder of the barrel to the chamber.
I have an assortment of pure lead balls in different diameters I use for slugging barrels. I always find that the first 6″ or so are tighter than the remainder of the barrel. Have always attributed that to the ball being shaped and once it is shaped and grabs the bore grooves it is easier to push down the rest of the barrel. Don’t know if that is a correct assumption but would like to hear what others think about this.
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Seems the first few inches always feels a little tighter, I generally use OO Buck for .308 bores, sometimes even .32 bores. If I suspect a constriction I’ll push one from breech to muzzle.
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