Yesterday's Weapons Forums

I'm not sure yet but I suspect the rifling of my Yugo is washed out about 1 1/2 from the muzzle, from old steel rod cleaning damage I expect.
From that point back the rifling looks decent and is cleaning up better than I expected.

Theres still plenty of carbon build up in the grooves so I'll only know for sure when I get a chance to test it for accuracy.

I don't want to shorten the barrel if I can salvage accuracy without doing that.
Though cutting the gun down had been my original intention, I've got the restoration bug now and proper replacement parts I needed for a restoration are becoming available..

I've seen a few counterbored bolt action rifles and I hear they shoot just fine. So I'm figuring this is a more suitable option.

Can those who know much about counter bored barrels give me an idea of how I should go about this and an idea of the diameter of the counter bore for a 7.62 bore?

I've cut a few chambers in my time and I'm thinking a .32 S&W long reamer would do the trick. What do you think?

I appreciate any input.

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