silicosys4
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Hello,
This week I was going to take possession of a cz82 I had purchased at auction, when I took a look down the bore I was surprised to see not the polygonal rifling that I was used to seeing, but rather, a smooth shiny tube. There was NO evidence that any sort of rifling had even ever been there.
I know when traditional rifling is "worn out" there is still rifling visible, it's just not up to the task at hand anymore. This pistol had a literal smooth bore. My FFA said they had seen nothing like it before and they strongly recommended that I not complete the transfer as "a smooth bore under 18 inches is illegal".
Has anyone seen a worn out polygonal barrel pistol, and does a polygonal barrel wear to the point that its a shiny, smooth tube? Or was this some sort of anomaly?
This week I was going to take possession of a cz82 I had purchased at auction, when I took a look down the bore I was surprised to see not the polygonal rifling that I was used to seeing, but rather, a smooth shiny tube. There was NO evidence that any sort of rifling had even ever been there.
I know when traditional rifling is "worn out" there is still rifling visible, it's just not up to the task at hand anymore. This pistol had a literal smooth bore. My FFA said they had seen nothing like it before and they strongly recommended that I not complete the transfer as "a smooth bore under 18 inches is illegal".
Has anyone seen a worn out polygonal barrel pistol, and does a polygonal barrel wear to the point that its a shiny, smooth tube? Or was this some sort of anomaly?