Thanks.

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A well placed bullet is worth 1,000 ft/lbs of energy.

Hey Pecos!

I have target rifles with premium barrels. One of them does not come clean with normal brushing. I leave it that way! It will shoot over a hundred shots in a match without cleaning to a very high standard.

This is the first I heard of firing cast bullets to lap a barrel. But that's why I am here to amuse myself and share knowledge.

If you want to lap the barrel then make a lap and do it that way.

How does it group now? If it's anywhere near one MOA leave it alone is my advice.

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Originally posted by Ron L:
My .375 H&H barrel takes quite awhile to get clean. I was using Sweets and I could still visibly see copper in the lands after several sessions of hard cleaning. I have now tried Wipe-Out and it took 6 treatments of Wipe-Out left in the barrel for at least 6 hours each time to get all the visible copper and powder out. I then shot 20 rounds and had to use the Wipe-Out 3 times with a 6 hour soak each time to get the barrel clean again. Any suggestions about how I might smooth out the barrel? It is a Winchester Model 70 stainless factory barrel. The gun was used when I bought it so I do not know how it had been treated before I owned it. There is not rust on the gun or in the barrel that I can see.

Thanks.

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Go to NECOs website and check out fire lapping.

http://neconos.com/

Wally

I've used both with some sucess...the NECO system on a factory Rem 700 barrel chambered in .350 RemMag...a decent shooter (3 shots into 1.5" at 100 yards with good relaods) but it plated copper so badly I couldn't fire more than 10 shots...after firelapping their wasn't any appreciable increase in accuracy but it didn't plate copper nearly as badly and I could shoot 30+ shots before accuracy fell off....it did the throat a bit forward but it wasn't a big deal.

I also used the Tubb's Final Finish (at the suggestion of the custom barrel maker) to break-in a new SS gain-twist barrel...worked great, very, very small movement of throat, hardly fouls at all and the accuracy is superb (as I expected).

I would use Final Finish on any barrel that wasn't behaving the way I wanted without any hesitation. You should also know these are faily controversial procedures and yo will get a variety of opinions....do a search on several sites to see what others are saying and make-up your own mind.

What bullets are you using?

How well does the gun group?

George

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Shoot straight, shoot often, but by all means, use enough gun!