Any simple crown polishing tips??

[saturno_v]

I have some old rifles which I'm attached too which have their crown slightly pitted...a little bit rough to the touch.
The best way I can describe it is like the surface of an orange peel.
I do not want to re-cut the crown because I like the old stile rounded one and because is not worth the expense.
I was wondering if there is some very simple method to try to polish the crown using a combination of steel wool, abrasive paste, lapping compound/sand paper by hand.
There is not bluing left so I do not care about bluing...I want just to get that surface a bit polished and smoother.

Thank you!!!

 

[TurtlePhish]

Eh... doing it by hand I'd be worried about making it uneven. If you have a lathe or something, turn a pilot as close to the land diameter as you can get, so it fits snugly in the bore, then have a wider area above it that contacts the crown that you can put lapping compound or something on.

 

[NeuseRvrRat]

use some Flitz polish

 

[jpwilly]

I've used a cordless drill a brass screw and lapping compound. Works great.

 

[zxcvbob]

I've used a cordless drill a brass screw and lapping compound. Works great.

+1 I've done that too.

 

[35 Whelen]

I've used a cordless drill a brass screw and lapping compound. Works great.

+1 I've used a 5/16" brass screw. You can use valve grinding compound. The fine grit should work.

use some Flitz polish

Flitz is a polish, won't remove metal.

35W

 

[helotaxi]

Polish removes metal. Just not very much at once.

 

[LeonCarr]

Fine valve grinding compound/Clover Compound and a marble. Coat the marble with the compound and roll it on the crown with the palm of your hand like you would knead a ball of clay. Polishes out the dings and nicks quick. I use the little marbles for rifles and the big shooter marbles for shotguns .

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[HEAVY METAL 1]

Move the drill in a figure 8 pattern so as not to recrown unevenly. I did it & it worked great. Shove a patch or 3 in your bore to keep the grinding compuond out.