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Re: How best to hone a smooth bore? liverwort #629322 04/27/23 06:39 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,269 Likes: 521 Utah LeFusil Sidelock
LeFusil Sidelock Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,269 Likes: 521 Utah	Good Lord Ernie. You really like hearing yourself talk don’t you? That’s cool. You’re a knowledgeable fella, no doubt. You just made a silly comment, got called on it, and now you’re an angry, long winded, bloviating, upset guy. Sorry you got so offended. Honest. Have a nice day. I really don’t feel like a snarky back & forth with an angry geriatric. Doesn’t feel quite right. You win, man. 👍🏽 Dustin

Re: How best to hone a smooth bore? damascus #629323 04/27/23 06:49 PM
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 207 East Alabama Der Ami Sidelock
Der Ami Sidelock Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 207 East Alabama	damacus, I don't have a dog in this fight, but I think you should check your math. If you take "1/10 of an inch" from a .729" bore the result is .829". I think you meant to say 1/100 of an inch. Mike

Re: How best to hone a smooth bore? liverwort #629397 04/29/23 11:58 AM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 920 Likes: 248 bushveld Sidelock
bushveld Sidelock Joined: May 2008 Posts: 920 Likes: 248	The flex hones referenced in this interesting discussion of honing barrels (and UK proof of same) in my experience are practical useless as a "hone"-- they do a fairly good job at polishing. Honing shotgun barrels requires a substantial hone such as those made by Sunnen. There is also a firm in Tennessee who makes a hone. The late renown gunsmith, Jim Kelly of Darlington, SC had his photograph using his hone in an article about him in the South Carolina Wildlife magazine and that article was added to a post on this BBS. I attach that post it here for those of you who are unfamiliar with honing machines. https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=617032&page=2 Now for those of you who want to see the process of honing a shotgun barrel by Art's Gun Shop: Kindest Regards; Stephen Howell Last edited by bushveld; 04/29/23 12:17 PM.

Re: How best to hone a smooth bore? bushveld #629398 04/29/23 12:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,478 Likes: 16 Southeastern Arizona Chukarman Sidelock
Chukarman Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,478 Likes: 16 Southeastern Arizona	Originally Posted by bushveld The flex hones referenced in this interesting discussion of honing barrels (and UK proof of same) in my experience are practical useless as a "hone"-- they do a fairly good job at polishing. Honing shotgun barrels requires a substantial hone such as those made by Sunnen. There is also a firm in Tennessee who makes a hone. The late renown gunsmith, Jim Kelly of Darlington, SC had his photograph using his hone in an article about him in the South Carolina Wildlife magazine and that article was added to a post on this BBS. I attach that post it here for those of you who are unfamiliar with honing machines. https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=617032&page=2 Kindest Regards; Stephen Howell The Sunnen hone is what has been used for years to hone automotive brake cylinders. Best used by people who have some experience... they can be pretty aggressive. C Man Life is short Quit your job. Turn off the TV. Go outside and play.

Re: How best to hone a smooth bore? liverwort #629406 04/29/23 04:55 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 908 Likes: 43 Mark II Sidelock
Mark II Sidelock Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 908 Likes: 43	Sunnen has a great many different grits of stones. The finest will do no more than polish the tubes. I haven't used the courser grits so I'm guessing you could get too aggressive.

Re: How best to hone a smooth bore? liverwort #629409 04/29/23 05:37 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,857 Likes: 384 so.california mc Sidelock
mc Sidelock Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,857 Likes: 384 so.california	I have three grits. For my hone the course is very aggesive in some bbls.i have reamers for chokes and a ball hone works great to polish after reaming.your mileage may very

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