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Barrel lapping?
- Thread starter Greylag80
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Hmangphilly
Super member
pain in the arse .
chuck it in the bin and buy a better quality barrel
life's too short
junglie2022
Member Extraordinaire
Only had to do it once with a chinese barrel, used solvol , it worked very well & made a fussy inaccurate barrel one of my best & least pellet fussy.
chouchin66
Top Tier member
Google - David Tubb - Tubbs Final Finish. I do the same technique with my barrels, with items off of e-bay & pellets. Easy & my barrels will shoot most anything.
I too have tried this technique with a boot lace and some metal polish the barrel was completely transformed into a usable item. As stated by others it's not hard to do just watch a few videos first to get an understanding. Good luck 
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Peddy
Member Extraordinaire
I’ve polish a few iffy barrels on Turkish and Chinese guns, making them very accurate and less pellet fussy. I tend to use a mop with fine valve paste them autosol.
Wing Commander
Member Extraordinaire
I spent some time on a HW100 barrel which was a bit tight on the pellets at the breech.
The problem was this:
After the pellets had gone past the breech, they no longer made contact with the rifling in the barrel until they reached the choke. They literally fell through until reaching the choke.
Nevertheless, the rifle was still acceptably accurate.
I lapped the breech area with some fine jewellers grinding paste until the pellets went in more smoothly, and this allowed them to stay in contact with the rifling all the way down the barrel.
It was slow progress to complete the job, but it was worth it. . The accuracy has been markedly improved. Groups are tighter, and the rifle is less fussy about which pellets it prefers.
The problem was this:
After the pellets had gone past the breech, they no longer made contact with the rifling in the barrel until they reached the choke. They literally fell through until reaching the choke.
Nevertheless, the rifle was still acceptably accurate.
I lapped the breech area with some fine jewellers grinding paste until the pellets went in more smoothly, and this allowed them to stay in contact with the rifling all the way down the barrel.
It was slow progress to complete the job, but it was worth it. . The accuracy has been markedly improved. Groups are tighter, and the rifle is less fussy about which pellets it prefers.
Smudgerii
Super member
Only done it on 2 Chinese barrels, worked well and worth trying before scrapping the barrel.
NEVER DO IT ON A GOOD BARREL
NEVER DO IT ON A GOOD BARREL