Although the rifle is not a single shot, I thought I’d share a couple of borescope photos.  The deer season has ended in Texas, so I was cleaning the rifle prior to storing it in the safe until neck season & took the photos afterwards.

They say if you use a borescope to check the condition of your rifle bore you’ll be disappointed.  Here’s some photos of the rifle bore of a Marlin 336 30-30 I bought brand new back in 2006.  With a 3x9 scope set on 9 power, one inch at 100yds is typical.  At last count the rifle has taken over 50 deer, a few as far as 200yds, & a lot of feral hogs.  The entire bore is in the same condition as the photos.

BTW, I have never shot cast bullets in the rifle.  If I did, I would not be surprised to have bore leading issues.

Wayne

They're right about being disappointed when looking at bores! A lot of bores that shoot very small groups will make you wonder how when viewed through a bore scope! Best not to have that in the back of your mind, and just forget looking at a bore unless it's not shooting well.

Just for fun, I usually take my borescope to large matches. I offer to let anyone look at their bore just before the match. It’s funny the reaction sometimes you get when a competitor looks down the bore of their rifle for the first time! It really rattles some folks..😂
There’s more to the game than just shooting!👍😁

Tom Klinger

Ignorance is bliss then I bought a bore scope, Now I lay awake and wonder how they shoot as well as they do.
Mike

I bought a bore scope a while back mostly because I had a defective Green Mountain barrel on one of my C. Sharps 1885's.  The defect is so big it makes a significant hitch when a cleaning patch is pushed through on a jag.  Sadly it's not like Jacks rifle, it's more like a shotgun.  That one will get a new barrel this year.

Interestingly the other day I decided to run the borescope through some of my other barrels just to see what they look like inside.  I have a 38 cal RKS barrel that actually shoots well, but it doesn't look all that different from Texas Macs picture!  It surprised the heck out of me when I saw that .

Chris.