What is the procedure for slugging a barrel?
thanks in advance.

Bob,
You might want to post this on the Gunsmithing forum.

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What is the procedure for slugging a barrel?
thanks in advance.

This is basically what I do. Never used a lead sinker but dont' see why it wouldn't work. I use slft lead balls like for a muzzle loader.

http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinSlug.htm

Make it easy, buy a couple of unsized lead slugs in your barrels caliber. Get a 3or4 inch piece of aluminum or brass rod slightly smaller than the bore. Get a good cleaning rod preferably steel and a nylon bore brush. Get some 20 or 30 weight non detergent motor oil and a pump can with snout. Get a wood mallet and pair of vice grips.

Remove the barrel from the action and leave it in the barrel vice/ Clean the barrel thoroughly. Then squirt a couple of pumps of the oil in the barrel. Spread the oil evenly throughout the barrel with the bore brush. Then with the mallet start the lead slug in the muzzle end of the barrel. When it gets flush with the crown use the small piece of alluminum or brass to get it further down the barrel. Then use the cleaning rod to move it to the throat area of the barrel and no further. Take the cleaning rod out and switch ends and drive the slug back to the crown. After about 3 passes it will loosen up. Then push the slug slowly and you can feel the tight and loose spots in the barrel. You can remove the slug and measure the lands and groves for consistency also.
Nat Lambeth