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    I agree with all of the above. The barrel is only scrap when it is thoroughly clean and scrap. Even then, be advised that because a barrel looks like a sewer pipe doesn't mean that it won't be accurate. No4T's were a good example of this. Occasionally you'd get one that looked like a sewer pipe that shot absolutelt perfectly and accurately, So much so, thee sniper (who always had the last word, as his riifle was a personal issue to him) would tell you - in words that you would quickly understand - that it was perfect. While others would be all over the place and fail even the most basic accuracy test

    When you start to scrub the barrel, make sure that you're only taking the crap out and not the bore out! We used to use a pink coloured tablet mixed with water (?) called KNS tablets - for Cupro-Nickel solvent. Any old Armourers out there remember using KNS tablets? I didn't see them in Oz but we did have them in NZicon

    L96's were a good example of where a new barrel could shoot worse that a new barrel. Don't ask me why. Some say a change of manufacturers from XX to XXXXX XXXXXXX. But even that assumption was never proven.

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