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Quote:Quote: Yes, that is my understanding as to how forged rifling is done. Is the chamber also formed this way or is the chamber / leade cut with a reamer after cold forging? Could a dull reamer smear the lands? I am at a loss to explain the tool marks. Possibly marks from a bad cleaning rod? I bought all three new so there have been no owners previous before me that could have mistreated the bores. My pockets aren't as deep as some, and with the serious $ all these doubles cost, it really irks me to see less than what I'd hoped for. I don't expect match grade air gauged / polished Lilja, Krieger, or Hart barrels, but I do look at Sako factory rifles as a reasonable standard to compare to. I've had close to maybe a dozen Sakos pass through my vault and their bores were all very well executed: smooth transition between chamber to lands / grooves, very sharp and square lands. I know I'm being overly critical and a bit of a fuss pot but hey, it does kind of bug me like getting a nasty scratch in the paint of a new car bugs me after spending all that money. I would again emphasize that my Merkels have been very accurate without dispute irrespective of what I see with the bore scope. Indeed, I still have the 9.3x74 140A and will never part with it. My .470 140AE was used to raise cash to pay for my Heym, but there was nothing wrong with it's performance at the range whatsoever. These Merkels are beautiful well put together rifles. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. Beauty is one thing, but they do perform very well at the range and most certainly in the game fields where it counts. |