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    Quote Originally Posted by hartwickco View Post
    I've picked up some beater shotguns at auctions over the years, and some of them could really use a barrel hone -- a few heavy, a few light.

    I watched a video of Larry Potterfield demonstrating a Sunnen hone system that looked great, and I've seen the lighter Flex-Hone brushes as well.

    Any experience or advice with either of these styles? The Sunnen video was on the older side, so I wasn't sure what the modern take on it was. I'm open to anything and cost isn't *that* much of an issue. First and foremost, I want what's going to work well.

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    both of these have worked well for me.

    https://www.brownells.com/tools-clea...?sku=531108002

    https://www.brownells.com/tools-clea...?sku=080607212

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    Quote Originally Posted by hartwickco View Post
    Hey rbuck -- would there be any reason why that Sunnen drill hone couldn't be stuck onto an 18" or 24" bit extender, like the ones used for installing?
    Sunnen makes a bunch of different style hones for their honing machines and for use in a lathe or hand drill.

    One example here. Wished the Sunnen part # for the mandrel was listed.

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    I wasn't aware that sunnen made that long small bore hone. That would be as good a hone as you could get but it probably won't be cheap.

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    In the past they did a lot of custom and semi-custom. I've used them for custom jobs a couple of times. Like most quality tools they don't come cheap. Going thru their catalog I came across their line of external hones. Thats a new one on me.
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    That Lisle hone is certainly cheap enough -- I'll very likely pick one of those up if I can find it in stock somewhere, or just wait on Brownells. Definitely worth the experiment as I get comfortable with this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by M-Tecs View Post
    Sunnen makes a bunch of different style hones for their honing machines and for use in a lathe or hand drill.

    One example here. Wished the Sunnen part # for the mandrel was listed.

    This is exactly the same video that kicked off my thoughts on all this -- I'm going to try to track down that part number.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hartwickco View Post
    This is exactly the same video that kicked off my thoughts on all this -- I'm going to try to track down that part number.
    Here you go https://forum.accurateshooter.com/th...stion.2995974/

    "Ive been in contact with Sunnen in the USA,the company that manufactures all different honing devices.They contacted there Irish agents which is where Im from and they recomended a product with the following product code P3G-P20781UA-FO7X.My question is the price they quoted was 1339 EOROS which is roughly $950.Im thinking this seems pretty steep for a simple tool which is powered by an electric drill.I first came across this tool when Iwas searching through Youtube,I saw a guy called Larry Potterfield from Midway USA using it to polish up a shotgun barrel.If anyone has any advise on this I would welcome it,I think the product there quoting me on is perhaps not the tool I saw on Youtube and maybe you guys could advise me of a different product code.Many thanks."
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    for that price you can send it out and have it back bored and extrusion honed and keep most of that money in your pocket.
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    Surprised they get by with so little oil.

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