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Paul Leverman

Hey all. First my apologies to all who responded to the bear story, I've been chaotically busy and haven't had a chance to be here lately. Now, it's all done and it's me time.

So, I've got my new barrel: 6mm c/w 1:8 twist, 5" of parallel, tapers from 1.250" to 0.845", will finish with 30" in front of the case.

Cleaned all the dust and crap out of it and had a look down the muzzle. Well, as far as you can see into a tiny hole like that. I was looking for the gun drill burrs as per Nathan's photos. What I found was not discussed anywhere in his books that I could find, but I'm older than dirt, and I probably missed it.

What I found were what looks like longitudinal marks. None that are horrible, in fact, you really have to hold it just right in the light to see them (with a 40X loupe). So the question is, do I pre-treat the barrel as per the regular break-in/lapping procedure? Or is it good to go?

Thanks for any help with this. I should mention that it isn't chambered yet, setting up a meet with the local 'smith, so this is kind of a pre-emptive question.