How about you assume the burden of proof that the statement is incorrect. Get yourself a top quality barrel from Lilja and polish it to a mirror finish (which should yield the ultimate non fouling barrel if your theory is right ) and see if it copper fouls or not. If it fouls call Dan Lilja and complain that it fouls and tell him you polished the [bleep] out of the barrel and ask for a replacement. You might be offered his insight on why he states that a barrel can be too smooth.
