Quote Originally Posted by txbiker View Post
I am interested in getting good photos showing the bore condition. I have seen some photos that do this very well. Any tips will be appreciated.
Viewing a bore from outside of the barrel can be very misleading. What looks like a squeaky clean bore while looking down the length of the barrel can hide a lot of different conditions. A good borescope that can give you a view of the bore perpendicular to it's length can be a real eye opener. My solution for getting good pictures was finding a good used CCTV camera on ebay for cheap, and connecting it to my notebook computer with a USB video adapter which was very inexpensive as well. I had to make my own adapters for coupling the camera to the borescope, but it isn't rocket surgery.

I just used a plain 1/4" nut from the hardware store for testing purposes. The USB video adapter allows me to record video as well. The real expense is the borescope, but if you do a fair amount of working with firearms you will find it is a worthwhile investment. IMHO.

The real benefit of all of this is that you can capture all of your images as high resolution j-peg images and store them / email them from your computer easily.

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