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Hello Silas, I would try some lapping compound or Bore Bright on the wad and fire some slugs, before I'd do any thing!
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the barrel its self is fine, im not new to guns and some gun smithing lol. the crown was lopsided.
"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines. Marines and those who have met them in battle. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion."
General William Thornson, USA
Not sure what sort of tools you have accessible but if you have or have access to a lathe, you can make up a "pin" to suit the bore with a slip fit and a shoulder on it then use machinist's blue or something else on the muzzle, slide the pin in and rotate a bit to rub and remove the surface coating, file/stone down the high spots until you have as close to flat as you can get. you could use a similar idea to lap the muzzle to dead flat after but you would want a fixed pin and separate lap with slip fit to the pin.
After flattening you want to break the sharp edge ever so slightly with a stone or very fine emery cloth.
While maybe a bit crude, I have done it and it worked for me.
Alternately and maybe better you can buy tools:
http://www.brownells.com/items/barre...ning-tool.aspx
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-to...prod18305.aspx
http://www.borkatools.com/pages/mcrt/muzzlecrown.html
Not sure of all available sizes but...
Just another option.
Longbow
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |