On Jan 1, 6:36*am, Boater wrote:
CalifBill wrote:
"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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HK and others have made reference to worn out gun barrels. *Why not
recondition them by plating the inside with electroless Nickel
followed by the electroless nickel Boron nitride alloy? *This might
work best for shotguns without rifling but even rifled barrells might
work this way.
How deep is the rifling on a barrel?
How does a barrel wear out, does it actually get thinner or simply
develop cracks. *I dunno a way to repair cracks.
You'd think someone may have tried this but I find no references to it
on google.

Pitting and rifling getting worn. *You might be better off offering the
service on new barrels.

In a semi-auto handgun, with an easily removable barrel, typically you'd
have to shoot tens of thousands of rounds to "wear out" a barrel. And
depending on the handgun, you can buy a new barrel for $100 to $200.

Plenty of work has been done on gun barrel coatings, by the way. Just
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Or you could have it destroyed and give the ammo to the local police
department.