Does a shinier smoother bore make a difference?

Discussion in 'Trapshooting Forum - Americantrapshooter.com' started by Got Beagles, Apr 24, 2021.

  1. Got Beagles

    Got Beagles Active Member

    I have a friend that thinks he should send his gun out to have the bore buffed / polished. Does a shiny bore make that big of a difference?
     
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  2. ljutic329

    ljutic329 Mega Poster Founding Member

    Soak a bore mop in acetone and mineral spirits and diy.

    After clng, run bore mop thru with oil. Use new bore mop for lubrication.
    It only takes a light coat.

    All good.
     
  3. nickthanos

    nickthanos Well-Known Member

    Skip all the home made cleaners, & use a good cleaner like RGS first with a bore brush, & fuzzy patch. If it looks like it needs polishing, use some 0000 steel wool on a fuzzy, and run it through with a cleaning rod & drill.
    If you really want it super shiny, you can get bore polishing hones & polishing oil from Brownells. I have them, a course & fine. They are on a spring type rod about 32" long, & do a nice job. I do mine a couple of times a year. Does it make a difference? Don't know, but I bet if you cronograph before & after, you would see faster speed in the polished bore.
     
  4. THEUNLOADER

    THEUNLOADER Mega Poster Founding Member

    If it feels good---DO IT !!
     
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  5. mudpack

    mudpack Mega Poster Founding Member

    Polishing the bore won't make a difference in your friend's scores, but if it makes him happy.......
     
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  6. 635 G

    635 G Mega Poster

    Dennis DeVault believed in supper fine finishes--he did a side by side test-with an electronic timer of his Infinity vs a Silver Seitz
    He shot a AA @ 1145 thru his gun and then shot a AA @ 1250 thru the Seitz, both guns had the same chokes

    The 1145's wad cleared the barrel quicker--if it meant anything
     
  7. mudpack

    mudpack Mega Poster Founding Member

    As measured from what?
    Barrel length the same?
    How many shots of each example were made?
    Way too many uncontrolled variables in that comparison to make it valid, I'd say.
     
  8. Speedshots0

    Speedshots0 Active Member

    You have to clean out those carbon for a smoother action and feel.
     
  9. 635 G

    635 G Mega Poster

    Don't know the # of shells fired, Infinity barrel 33" .740 bore ,LOCK TIME .0005/sec

    Silver Seitz barrel 34", bore .740, LOCK TIME--.0015
     
  10. nickthanos

    nickthanos Well-Known Member

    Crono a dirty bore, then clean & measure again.
     
  11. Probono

    Probono Active Member

    I had to do it on a really badly neglected gun. By the time I got so it would load pretty easy it was 11g. It did the job.
    I used a brass rod wrapped with a cloth mop and the final wraps were grit papers and thin oil driven by an electric drill.
    Keep moving in and out but do not stop start each stroke in the same place too.
    Not rocket science :thumbsup:
     
  12. STaT mAn STaN

    STaT mAn STaN Mega Poster

    I have never seen stats for that. If anyone has such published data I hope they can bring it to the forum. (without links of course)
     
  13. 635 G

    635 G Mega Poster

    In a few days its the first of the month, my trap guns get their monthly douche--
     
  14. mudpack

    mudpack Mega Poster Founding Member

    Good reason there are no stats on this:
    They'd be moot. You only have a clean bore for one shot in each round, at best. For one shot each day, normally. And one shot every six months, at worst.
    Nobody cleans their bore between shots, and few of us clean our bore(s) between rounds.
     
  15. Hmmm.... my Wilkinson bores don't get plastic build up. They are highly shiny.... if you line the sun up just right I think you could kill ants with the beam they project.... :)
     
  16. Stl Flyn

    Stl Flyn Forum Leader Founding Member Forum Leader

    Absolutely!!!! How many times have you changed your oil in any motor and thought, damn this this running so much better now.
     
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  17. goose2

    goose2 Well-Known Member Founding Member

    I don’t know if it makes a difference but i have run a 100 with a clean bore or a dirty bore
     
  18. cl3

    cl3 Mega Poster Founding Member

    No.
     
  19. cl3

    cl3 Mega Poster Founding Member

    All his guns have 33" barrels. If the SS had a longer barrel, could that be the difference?
     
  20. eric28

    eric28 Member

    It dosen't make any difference
     
  21. Digodell

    Digodell Active Member

    Seems to make the bore easier to clean anyway. Less fowling and build up.
     
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  22. BIG PAPA

    BIG PAPA Forum Reporter Founding Member Forum Reporter

    Big Leo told me one time he never cleaned the inside of his barrel. He said if there was such a thing as excessive plastic buildup his barrel would be solid full of plastic. So, there is another opinion.