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Why does Barrel fowling spoil accuracy
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<blockquote data-quote="Jordan Smith" data-source="post: 663980" data-attributes="member: 44423"><p>^ Bang on.</p><p></p><p>A sub-premium barrel typically has more machine and tooling marks throughout the bore, and these imperfections in the steel like to scrape off, and gather copper from passing bullets. As these areas of barrel imperfections accumulate copper, they tend to damage and slightly de-balance each passing bullet. There are products on the market that cure as a hard ceramic coating, and are designed to fill in these little divots and areas of imperfection in the bore. These coatings cure at a couple of microns thickness in the "normal" portions of the bore, so they effectively leave a smooth surface throughout the length of the bore, which makes it much harder for copper to be stripped from the bullet jacket and accumulate in the bore.</p><p></p><p>A premium barrel with no visible tooling marks would behave in like manner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jordan Smith, post: 663980, member: 44423"] ^ Bang on. A sub-premium barrel typically has more machine and tooling marks throughout the bore, and these imperfections in the steel like to scrape off, and gather copper from passing bullets. As these areas of barrel imperfections accumulate copper, they tend to damage and slightly de-balance each passing bullet. There are products on the market that cure as a hard ceramic coating, and are designed to fill in these little divots and areas of imperfection in the bore. These coatings cure at a couple of microns thickness in the "normal" portions of the bore, so they effectively leave a smooth surface throughout the length of the bore, which makes it much harder for copper to be stripped from the bullet jacket and accumulate in the bore. A premium barrel with no visible tooling marks would behave in like manner. [/QUOTE]
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