Silvers, it is a gun digest publication. I think Ralph has been dead for some years now. Ralph used an unguided reamer that has been sold by the thousands. There is one key to using these reamers. One is to not take over .002 thousands per pass, that has been said on one of the posts. The next is to mount the barrel verticaly, using lots of oil and not much pressure. Now, I will agree with Miller, if one is heavy handed without patience, then it is not a good method. Or, if the chokes have been manipulated before, like I have read about the Parker reproductions, then on is in real trouble, no matter what the method. Gunsmiths have been using this method for years and I agree that some barrels might have been screwed up by this method, but I have never had a change of impact.
The real reason I started doing it, was that it took any smith I sent it to, way too much time. Besides, I can remove a little metal, pattern and continue the process until I get what I want.
Lenard
Last edited by LLemke; 03/04/08 07:46 PM.
