pitted .410 bores

[tomburras 2,730]

i recently bought a .410 and the bores are really bad, worse than i thought. After many good soaks and brush outs, i asked a gunsmith to look at them and he said they are safe. but will they shoot / pattern the same as mirror bores or could they deform the shape of the shot and open up the pattern? i have used shotguns for years but never had any bore pitting in any of my guns before so am dubious. does anyone have any experience of such a problem

cheers tom b

[Geoff.C 0]

The shot on the outside of the column is prone to deformation anyway. You must have real bad pitting, if you think it might abraid the shot as it passes through. Still, if your gunsmith says it's ok, then why not just pattern it, using some old wallpaper over a pallet or something. Being a .410 the spread is not too large for the wallpaper method.

[sage 0]

i recently bought a .410 and the bores are really bad, worse than i thought. After many good soaks and brush outs, i asked a gunsmith to look at them and he said they are safe. but will they shoot / pattern the same as mirror bores or could they deform the shape of the shot and open up the pattern? i have used shotguns for years but never had any bore pitting in any of my guns before so am dubious. does anyone have any experience of such a problem

cheers tom b

[sage 0]

Hi Tom.

Read your post re your 4.10. the barrels dont sound good and that fact prompted me to reply I am a fully qualifed gunsmith, and barrels that are discribed as horrid and very pitted tend to make me question weather they should be used. Very pleased that you have taken them for inspection by your gunsmith. and pleased he has given them a clean bill of health,but when it comes to safety it may be wise to get him to take another look or seak a second gunsmiths view, you can get another gun but new hands are slightly harder to aquire. Take care Sage.