I think Pete may have been relating his personal experiences. But, I'm of the opinion that trying to quantify how much honing removes is misleading. Several prominent barrel modification businesses use custom made honing machines to "backbore" whatever size is required. They will hone .010" or more. On the other end of the honing scale is the little 'bottlebrush' style hones with balls of abrasive on the ends of brush tines and the 'brake cylinder' style hones. Neither of these could remove .008 or even .004" diameter in the life of the hone let alone any time that would be reasonable. Nor could you hope to have a bore that was consistant diameter using those types of hones. And what about the choke lead angles? A machine operated hone that controls stroke and diameter would be the most practical method but still needs to have the choke lead angle on the stones. Barrels I have had honed have lost much of the lead angle and some have lost part or all choke. I'm not all that enamored with any honing I have had done. I would prefer reaming with a proper choke lead angle and light honing/polishing internally.
Last edited by Chuck H; 01/29/08 01:00 PM.
