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  1. I went the route of Steve Wagner's idea, and it appears to have come out very well. I only took a about a quarter of an inch off of the barrel, used the grinder ball in the drill, valve grinding compound on the stovebolt, then finished up by putting a piece of 320 grit wet/dry sandpaper between the grinding ball and the barrel, spinning it at very slow speeds. It came out as smooth as glass, and very symmetrical. After I cleaned the bore(I had put the patch in before starting), I used alcohol to remove all of the oil aroung the end of the barrel, and then blued it. There are no traces of any burrs around the end of the muzzel, and it has a very nice recessed bore. After I do some reloading, I will take it to the range, and let you know what the results are. My thanks to all of you for your ideas and input.
  2. I slugged the barrel, and it is .311, and it is also free floated ( I removed the handguard), so I am fairly certain it is the gouge, which has a bit of a lip on it, that is causing the problem. I will give my smith a call to see what he would do it for. Thanks for the input.
  3. I think I found the answer to my question on the barrel forum. It is the one that Steve Wagner uses, and it looks like it is exactly suited to my needs. Has anyone else tried it? ( I don't know how to show the link), but ii is about barrell recrowning.
  4. I have a no4 mk1 that I tried to get to group, using various powders, at different loads with no luck (it was all over the place at 100 yds) . Then I came across your forum, and I saw an item about barrel counter boring, so I checked the rifle. Evidently a previous owner somewhere down the line got aggressive with a cleaning rod, or jammed something hard down the barrel, as there is a gouge from the crown about a quarter of an inch inside the barrel. Due to the extent of this damage, should I try to get it counterbored, or get it cut and recrowned? The gouge is probably as wide as it is deep, and any insight would be appreciated. At one time there was something on the internet that showed how to recrown a barrel, but I have been unable to find it.
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