Do you guys check for tight spots in your barrel

[Barryg]

I checked my .22 80 today for tight spots with green pellets and the first 4ins were nice and tight then went loose until the choke I was disappointed I then checked my spare .177 barrel made in W Germany and it was even all the way until the choke, so it looks like that I might be going scope only .177 with the 80, any comments?

Not looking forward to checking my Diana and AA.

[Shed tuner]

if there are accuracy issues, then i check.. also look for damage..

[john79]

i always rod a pellet through a new barrel ,just to check for tightness or burr's on the pellet .

[Barryg]

if there are accuracy issues, then i check.. also look for damage..

I have no accuracy issues at all but it must be losing power with certain pellets and who wants tight spots in their barrel anyway

[Murphy]

I have never done this with any barrel ever.

[Barryg]

I have never done this with any barrel ever.

Best not to it will turn you off the gun

The barrel is the main part of the gun and its nice to know its not a lemon

[HW777]

I shoot some pellets into a roll of foam and check the rifling marks, if they look good then I'll only run a pellet through the barrel with a cleaning rod when I clean it.

If accuracy is good regardless of tight/loose spots I wouldn't worry to much.

Some chokes can be over tight though, I picked up a Mk2 .177 77 some time back that had barely seen any use and the power was down, when I checked the rifling marks the choke had sized the pellets down to about 4mm the rest of the barrel up to that point was good, so when I sold it I did make the new owner aware it would need the choke removing.

[Barryg]

I shoot some pellets into a roll of foam and check the rifling marks, if they look good then I'll only run a pellet through the barrel with a cleaning rod when I clean it.

If accuracy is good regardless of tight/loose spots I wouldn't worry to much.

Some chokes can be over tight though, I picked up a Mk2 .177 77 some time back that had barely seen any use and the power was down, when I checked the rifling marks the choke had sized the pellets down to about 4mm the rest of the barrel up to that point was good, so when I sold it I did make the new owner aware it would need the choke removing.

But its not just the choke if you push a pellet through a barrel, you can feel any tight or loose spots before you get to the choke.

[Barryg]

Is your Hw80 .22 barrel shooting with good accuracy ?

Yes that is what is so disappointing now I know its got a tight spot affecting its power and its not as efficient as it could be

[TonyL]

It isn't something that I've ever done nor felt the need to. As some others have said, I would do it if I felt there was an accuracy issue.