18 January 2011, 03:43
Recoil RobInterarms .375 H&H, depth of rifling?
Took the day off and with a buddy went gun shop hopping. Last one of the day had an Interams Mark X in a plastic stock, a .375H&H. The gun looked great, was priced OK at $575. The bore was clean and shiny the rifling was sharp but looked very shallow. My buddy thought the same. Was that typical of these guns?
19 January 2011, 06:27
Recoil RobThat's standard I'm sure but I couldn't slug the bore to find out, I'm just going on the visual and it looked shallow.
20 January 2011, 01:36
Chief EngineerBeing a 375 I can't imagine its been shot out.
I have in the past seen barrels that have been neglected, and brought back nice and shiney with bore paste, that does nothing good for the rifleing.
20 January 2011, 02:24
Recoil RobNot Chief, definitely not shot out, in fact, doesn't look even shot at all, mirror like bore but the rifling is hard to see,
thanks,
Rob
20 January 2011, 03:46
WestpacSlug it and take a measurement. .003 - .004 isn't out of the ordinary. How does it shoot? If it's the original barrel it's likely hammer forged, which means the mandrel could be near the end of a run.