There is the situation of not raising the dent but honing out the protrusion in the bore. That would be a "worst case" attempt at "dent removal" imo. I have not attempted to turn mandrels to raise dents by the tippytap method but did return one muzzle of a "Sterlingworth Co." 12 gauge to round by inserting a lathe dead center in bore (chucking taper down and tapping away. Chuck et al, while we're at it, is there a particular steel which lends itself to turning these plugs? I'd really like to try this as I worry a bit about orphaned frames when I send barrels out to Mike Orlen. Right now I've got a Sauer 66 (Euro model) o/u with two dents in the lower barrel near muzzle (one of them an appreciable crease dent. Yes, there are a couple of others on other guns; I hope no more!
jack
