westerner wrote on Mar 25^th, 2026 at 6:35pm:

More barrels are bowed than we probably know.
I used vee blocks as far apart as I could get them in my hydraulic press to straighten a barrel from a Stevens 44 that looked like a jump rope swinging between centers in my lathe. It had .060 runout. It took a considerable over center push to make any difference. I got it to .005 and called it good. I sold the rifle to a friend who has sent over 2000 rounds through it the last 3 years at silhouette matches, load development and practice.