I've never quite figured out why a guy would buy a maker's best grade of barrel, handlapped and checked for straightness, have it installed by a good gunsmith who I would think would check for burrs and smooth out his work and sharp edges, and use well prepped loads in said well prepared, polished, and lapped barrel- and think it needs to be further broken in?

I can see it in a factory assembly line barrel where they are cut, drilled, and the rifling gouged out with a hydraulicly pulled rod , leaving lots of microscopic burrs and voids. A bit of polishing might be due in that case, along with filling some of those microscopic machining voids with gilding metal in order to create the illusion of a smooth surface, but isn't the point of having a premium barrel to avoid some of the inconsistencies and mass produced issues of factory arms?

Just my 2 cent's worth- I'll get my nomex underwear on now and pick up some popcorn while I'm at it..... wink

Bob

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