Nasty new barrel; Uberti 1894 in 38-55....what to do first?
It just arrived; a Taylor/Uberti 1894 Deluxe in 38-55....20" barrel. After drooling all over it, weighing it and trigger pull, running action and drying firing it, I cleaned the bore and peeked (Lyman bore scope) into what, to me, seems a travisity of the barrel makers community. I plan on following Verl Smith's advice on lapping the bore, slugging the bore and taking a pure lead throat cast. My question is in what order? Shoot/lap it first then slug bore and obtain chamber/throat cast or take those first and then lap bore? Maybe find some jacketed bullets and run a bunch through to burnish as many of the imperfections as possible?