Ridolpho, I too love battle scarred rifles, but I reckon I can cut it with the dowel. I've done a set of draws, partially, before and little bits since then, and now finally I understand what I need to do. I'm not too fussed on how my rifle shoots after this since the bore is beyond toast, but the next half nice gun that needs this repair I will be not so worried about it.

Dan, I have read both of those before a few times, but after re-reading them I now know what must be done. Thanks for refreshing me. I should have known the answer was already easy to find.