A Bit more highjacking:
I have a Mossberg Model 44 with a bull barrel and the original Mossberg scope. It will shoot 1/2" inch groups all day and would probably do better with a more modern scope installed. The rifle was built in the late 40s and the barrel is pristine.
BTW: I don't know of any conceivable way you can damage the bore with a brass brush or any 22RF as long as its chambered for the amunition being used. I also don't think the brand of ammunition has any bearing either as I own 22s that have had untold thousands of rounds put through them and the barrels remain pristine. This is in the same urban legend category as "Never pry the sideplate off a revolver". I sat at a S&W clinic awhile back and watched the S&W factory gunsmith pry one after another off. I asked and he told me that while tapping will work it takes too much time.
Jim
