Barrel manufacturers use borescopes?

[6.5 forever]

My smith says to throw my borescope away.
OK, but are they still used by barrel makers?

 

[mongo chicago]

Did he say why?

 

[LVLAaron]

Does he want you to throw it away before or after he chambers your barrel?

 

[DaveTooley]

My smith says to throw my borescope away.
OK, but are they still used by barrel makers?

Are you asking if every barrel gets a visual inspection with a borescope? The answer is no.
Barrel making is a process. A good process has a good outcome.

 

[6.5 forever]

He is one of the top PRS shooters. He says to just shoot it. He thinks people freak out with them.

 

[6.5 forever]

Are you asking if every barrel gets a visual inspection with a borescope? The answer is no.

Thanks Dave.

 

[Rope2horns]

Does he also tell you to not clean your barrel until accuracy drops off??

 

[6.5 forever]

Does he also tell you to not clean your barrel until accuracy drops off??

He doesn't clean it, he rebarrels it. Lol

 

[Rope2horns]

He doesn't clean it, he rebarrels it. Lol

Well you definitely don't need a borescope!!!

 

[Gargoyle]

Does he want you to throw it away before or after he chambers your barrel?

Exactly.

Cleaning without a borescope is like guessing velocity without a chronograph.

 

[Jdne5b]

@FrankG posts pictures of them, so he does use them. Probably not on every barrel, but definitely when someone uses a drill and a brush to clean their barrels

 

[Longtrain]

Not using a borescope is to analogize telling your M.D. you don’t need a colonoscopy, “I’ll just bend over and you can check from there”.

 

[rijndael]

This was my 5R factory Rem barrel. Horrible scratches around the circumference.



I would never have bought it if I saw that. Turns out to be the best shooting 5R I've ever had.

It would print 5 shot groups like this all the time:

 

[DaveTooley]

Exactly.

Cleaning without a borescope is like guessing velocity without a chronograph.

I never use a bore scope in my cleaning regime. I never let the barrel get that dirty. A frequent modest cleaning is part of my maintenance routine. That routine changes as the barrel ages.

 

[Gargoyle]

This was my 5R factory Rem barrel. Horrible scratches around the circumference.

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I would never have bought it if I saw that. Turns out to be the best shooting 5R I've ever had.

It would print 5 shot groups like this all the time:

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Imagine what it would do without that gouge!

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Were you checking his work and asking questions about it?

 

[6.5 forever]

Were you checking his work and asking questions about it?

Not questioning his work. He doesn't believe in barrel cleaning. He thinks when guys use borescopes during cleaning they freak out over nothing.

 

[6.5 forever]

I never use a bore scope in my cleaning regime. I never let the barrel get that dirty. A frequent modest cleaning is part of my maintenance routine. That routine changes as the barrel ages.

Dave how does the routine change with barrel age? Wanting to learn.

 

[ebb]

He doesn't believe in barrel cleaning?

 

[6.5 forever]

He doesn't believe in barrel cleaning?

Correct. He had 3000 rounds on his last Dasher before he rebarreled it. Never cleaned it.