Cleaning Dirty Bore on Old Krag

[ButterBolt]

Another photo of the barrel. (not)
A real sewer pipe.

[psteinmayer]

That picture looks terrible. However, all may not be lost...

Believe it or not, some of the so called "sewer pipe" Krag barrels are capable of producing fairly good accuracy with jacketed bullets. The pitting and garbage will make mincemeat out of a softer cast bullet, but the copper jacket is less susceptible to picking up crap as it travels down the bore. As long as the barrel is safe for shooting (no cracks, bulges, or other dangerous damage), you might hang onto it... Fire a couple jacketed rounds through, and see what she does. You might be surprised.

[butlersrangers]

ButterBolt: I am not computer tech savvy. I store my pictures, for posting, at low resolution (.3M digital camera shots) on my computer hard drive, as photos or documents. When I am making a posting or reply on the KCA forum, there is a 'Browse' button near the bottom of the window. If you left click on this button, you are taken to your images in the Documents library. Select an image and left click on the 'Open' button. You will be returned to the message window and the title of your image will be in the Browse box. You can then post your message and one image by left clicking on the 'Post Message' button. If you attempt to 'Preview' your message and image, you will lose the attachment and have to go Browse for it again. If the image has too many pixels, you will get a 'posting error message'. (Wow, I just learned to use the 'Attachments+' box to add another image to a posting)!

[ButterBolt]

Thanks for that.
Good description.
I saved it in case of memory failure.
I think I went astray on what I have seen "insert" and "attach" functions do, elsewhere.
And ofcourse, I was trying to do 2 photos at once.

[BM1455]

Another photo of the barrel. (not)
A real sewer pipe.

;D

[ButterBolt]

Barrel replaced with older but better one.
Pics of old vs new.

[ButterBolt]

Replacement.
Forum, is that sharp rifling?

[psteinmayer]

That's pretty sweet looking! Well done!

[Pentz]

Wow...night and day. I'd buy any Krag with a bore like that in an instant!

[ButterBolt]

Finally got around to slugging the bore on the new barrel. I read in old KCA posts that a 00 buck shot is .033. So I started one through and notice it was tight enough for the first 4-5 inches, then loosened up. It measured .030 groove to groove and .0309 on the high spots. I'd like to use a slightly larger ball or slug. Any suggestions?