Originally Posted by
Pawildman
You may be absolutely correct.. However, my concern is the thickness of the barrel wall where the gouge occurred. It could possibly be too thin to shoot safely. Just something to consider...
You (or gunsmith) will be removing the displaced metal that is snagging on the patch and not removing the base material thinning the wall.
The likelyhood of a gouge inside the barrel being deep enough (more than a couple thousands) to render the barrel dangerous to shoot is remote.
If worried about that then by all means take it to a GS and he can measure the gouge depth.
I'm a retired Gun Shop owner / GS / and machinist.