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Barrels for sabot use do NOT need to be TOO smooth. Too smooth can cause a lot of load development issues. If you do not think so just firelap you one and see!
After firelapping and making a barrel look really good it took me a while to find a load that would ignite consistently and stay accurate even tho it still "felt" tight but smooth loading it.
But I will say that this barrel likes more speed now to shoot ok.
A certain amount of barrel friction against the sabot walls is not a bad thing as long as it is not rough enough to tear sabots.
Unless you are shooting full bore jacketed bullets and have a concern with copper fouling roughness is a moot point.
I have not had much copper fouling shooting saboted bullets!
After firelapping and making a barrel look really good it took me a while to find a load that would ignite consistently and stay accurate even tho it still "felt" tight but smooth loading it.
But I will say that this barrel likes more speed now to shoot ok.
A certain amount of barrel friction against the sabot walls is not a bad thing as long as it is not rough enough to tear sabots.
Unless you are shooting full bore jacketed bullets and have a concern with copper fouling roughness is a moot point.
I have not had much copper fouling shooting saboted bullets!