RE: Got the new Hawken
Well today, between doing the things on the "honey do" list I put a couple of wet patched down the bore melted down some lead and put a new 50 cal bronze brush in it and made me a lapping plug. took out the plug and the wet patches, ran an oil patch down the bore, put some JB sompound on the plug and started working it in and out of the bore. I'd lap 50 full strokes, then clean and check, repeat, repeat. I finally got the bore like new after about an hour or so. The only area I couldn't clean up is about the first inch in from the muzzle. But I think that will be OK. If not, I may take it to my gunsmith and have him bore that out and make it a QLA.
We'll se how it shoots.
Semi, The pics will be on this week just for you.