Thread: Andrew Mackenzie/Macks Ordanance/Outdoor Outfitters/ All round Bullshitter!

Originally Posted by Tussock

Lets get a forum borescope (this suggestion is as a member, not a forum sweeping button pusher, I have not asked the bank manager). Be good to put some photos up (its only slander if it is not true). Be the odd occasion where this could be handy. Just because shops do no have them does not mean they should not, and posting photos of bores of rifles bought online would make a big difference I suspect. Second hand rifles might start going for what they are actually. A rifle is a barrel with a mechanism attached. We all know the mechanism can suck and it won't matter if the barrel is decent, but a shot barrel is fliers and Mr Murphy says they occur when the shot of a lifetime is on.

I too have had some horror barrels from online purchases and would only buy a second rifle if I could see down the tube. I will still buy a pitted barrel but I would expect the price to reflect the state.

The thing is a decent bore scope is plenty $$$

The Digital ones a crap compared to a Hawkeye bore scope & they are delicate.

The other problem is they will show you a whole lot of stuff you really don't need to know.

You really need to know what you are looking for & at, which usually means there needs to be a problem first before you try to diagnose it.

It only matters how it shoots, not what it looks like.

I have heard of several rifles with throats 6+ inches long that still shoot great, most likely the exception rather than the rule to be fair, but if you looked into one with a bore scope the barrel would be off the action, in the garden & holding up tomatoes before you even got the bore scope out of it