Hi All,
I've been trying to collect my thoughts on which direction to go with bore honing.
Do yourself a favor and send the bbls out to someone with the right set up,...preferably Sunnen!
The bores are the heart of your shotgun and proper work on them requires the proper equipment,..don't skimp on that
Best,
CJ
CJ has given you the best possible advice, send your barrels to someone that is equiped to do the job (Mike Orlen perhaps ?). The brake hones are, IMHO, worthless for doing this job. In part because they don't cut fast enough and second because the stone area is not long enough to make nice parallel cuts. The flex-hones suffer from the same problem but are probably ok for polishing chambers and maybe chokes.
I use a Sunnen hone setup for my own work that has replaceable abrasive bars that are 4 1/2" long. I use 120 grit bars for reasonably fast removal of pitting and 500 grit bars to polish the bores. The end result is a mirror bore with NO ripples etc.
I got my setup from Oscar Gaddy's widow after he passed away and also have another just as a back-up.
I still would send my barrels to someone else if the bores needed extensive metal removed because even these hones are not for major metal removal.
I DO NOT do this type of work for anyone but myself. I just use it on my own guns that I want to clean up and make them nice.
