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Does it look like a Barrel Ring to You? Part II
spirits
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I was only able to take clear-enough digital pictures of the ring looking from the chamber end in natural light with the rifle's stock mounted in a padded vise. So I only got the left side and right side of the ring in the barrel's rifling. The shadow cast on the ring is due to the camera flash and it looks like a raised ridge. Granted the digital pictures don't show enough detail to determine the ring's shape (i.e., is the ring a depression or a raised ridge). To try and answer the last query, I made a long feeler gauge out of thin rod stock with a sharp hook. The feeler bumps around at the ring but the bumpy motion is so slight that it is difficult to feel out the ring's shape. Last thing I tried was a fiber optic bore light and from this I see that the ring's shape from the chamber end is a depression. All of which can be seen clearly as I push the optic fiber around.
In conclusion, the ring felt with the feeler was not as dramatic as the ring felt using the tight oily patch pushed through the barrel; and the fiber optic bore light showed the ring to be a depression. Using the tight oily patch pushed through the barrel and a caliper I determined that the ring is mostly a depression as determined by friction as the patch is pushed back and forth and the ring begins at approximately 3.5 inches from the chamber and extends for approximately 0.5 inches. Considering I was told by the seller that it was a step in the chamber because his gunsmith told him it was - all I can say is "Some Chamber - Some Gunsmith".
In conclusion, the ring felt with the feeler was not as dramatic as the ring felt using the tight oily patch pushed through the barrel; and the fiber optic bore light showed the ring to be a depression. Using the tight oily patch pushed through the barrel and a caliper I determined that the ring is mostly a depression as determined by friction as the patch is pushed back and forth and the ring begins at approximately 3.5 inches from the chamber and extends for approximately 0.5 inches. Considering I was told by the seller that it was a step in the chamber because his gunsmith told him it was - all I can say is "Some Chamber - Some Gunsmith".
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If the customer ain't happy, I ain't happy.
I've been on the auction side 8+ years, and have not meant but one a hole, and the only problem he had was he didn't have any money. I have become friends with several of my customers, all I have encountered have been like minded folks. I can't imagine that the sale of any 22 cal. rifle is going to make or brake any seller.
CapnFun and his staff will take care of this, if you report it to them.
W.D.