" My Skeets shows the bulge is .017 above bore diameter but that's only on one side. Bore probably has to be opened at least twice that to clean up the ring bulge.? Ideas please."
In one word RUN.
First question is why did it buldge in the first place? Obstruction or metal defect? Then how much metal are you looking to remove? So are you saying that you will need to remove .034 from the bore to clean it up? Or are you thinking .017 inside and .017 on the outside to bring it down flush? Or even more scary .034 inside and .017 from the outside. That would be a total of .051. Have you measured the barrel in this area? What is it .094 or less? If so are you going to take .017, .034 or .051 any of the three would be too much to remove in this area. This is near the area of highest pressure not out near the muzzle where pressures are much lower.
In every combination I would say forget about it. The metal has already been deformed and you are talking about removing more metal. Why to remove the blemish or to make it stronger? No. Removing metal will only make it more cosmetic not stronger. I know that the numbers might say failure is not likely but numbers would have said the first bulge was unlikely as well.
Worse is location that is between the face and your hand. If it blows you probably will not loose a finger or an eye but then again you might. Worse what if you die and one of your grand kids inherits grandpas nice Sterlingworth. Isn't that a nice legacy for him to inherit? Bores look clean, barrels show no bulges but unknown to him is the very thin area right by his face. Drop in two heavy loads with pressure to loosen your fillings and hope his and your luck holds and the barrels as well.
Why take this type of risk on a gun that on a good day might top a grand? If you want to keep it shooting find and fit a new set of barrels to the gun. I would strongly recomend not trying to save this set short of a sleeving job.
Last edited by KY Jon; 01/28/13 10:55 PM.
