A couple weeks ago, I bought an E grade Parker 10 guage Damascus that the seller described as having pitted bores. Upon receipt, they did look fairly ugly, but the guy had not even taken the time to clean them at all. After a few minutes of scrubbing with a bronze brush and swabs, there was consideral improvement. The worst area of pitting is several inches ahead of the forearm, and I'd guess they are no more than .001-.002" deep at the very worst part. The rest is mostly shiny with a bit of frosting ahead of the chambers. It's hard to find perfection after 122 years. To me, this was far preferable to recieving a gun with obviously polished bores that had who knows how much honed out. At a svelte 9 lbs. 13 oz., there is very sufficient wall thickness. It'll be a shooter.
