because when you hone you remove wall thickness. It is generally understood that a thicker wall with mild pitting is stronger than thinner wall with no pits. In a perfect world, we would just hone it out, but its not practicle for every old sxs. Sometimes pits cannot be removed and still end up with proper wall thickness. Before the cost of sleeving went up, many of this type of gun would have undergone that process. Today we know so much about low pressure reloading that often times barrels that are marginal will be fine, as long as they are fed low pressure ammo.
Steve

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