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#556289 10/02/19 08:50 AM
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Anyone have experience with flex honing a 410? This is a last ditch experiment before the little SXS is either sleeved or rebarreled.

It is English, 2 1/2 inch chambered, peninsula lock hammer gun, round actioned, very cute and worth saving .

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I gave up on flex hones years ago. I now use a modified Sunnen hone. I have not tried such a small diameter tube but I would look into the options they have to offer. I can send you pictures, and maybe an article on this system if it would help you.
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SKB thank you for the info. Around here a Sunnen honing head is about the same cost as sending it for sleeving in Italy. That is the reason I thought of Flex Hone as an experiment before resorting to more drastic measures.

I will look for other alternatives for honing heads and see if something more affordable surfaces.

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I just use a mandrel and stone from the Sunnen set up.

This is for a larger size than you need but 40$

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sunnen-BL20-619AH-Mandrel-w-Wedge-G/183787002635?hash=item2aca8f1b0b:g:wKMAAOSw8GJcwOCh


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Ive never had much luck with a flexhone. It just seems to polish the roughness. Or as a friend said run it for an hour and you might remove a .001 of metal. Safe for hobbyist because it does not do much very fast and our attention span is very short. We give up before we screw up anything.

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A few years ago I was looking into optimizing a .410 of mine. Aside from extending the forcing cones and enlarging the barrel bore diameters (I forget how much). The final treatment was to put a high polish on the newly extended forcing cones and enlarged barrel bores.

I never had the work done on my gun so I can't say how much it helped, though it did make sense. BTW, the gun was a Rossi Squire (a Walmart special) I'd cosmetically worked over. I called it my Sow's Ear Project. Unfortunately, it just wasn't worth it to invest that much money in the gun.

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Interesting re the mandrels. Our local dealer had quoted 450 Euros for the mandrel and extra for the stones.

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I have had a lot of luck with emory paper, a split aluminum rod, and lard oil as a cutting fluid, If the pitting is very mild Frountier gun shop sells a stainless steel pad that will clean up very mild pitting when turned on rod with a drill.
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ChuckH has solid proof of how much very long forcing cones help a .410.

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