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Unread 09-02-2003, 10:14 PM   #7
Dwight Gruber
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Pitted bores can be accurate. Worn bores are another thing entirely. Rifling must at least be sharp in order to stabilize a bullet. I have a 1900AE whose bore is worn so smooth that it is very nearly a smoothbore, and a string of shots pattern like one!

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