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chartreuse wrote:

WildBill wrote:

ahogo wrote:Heavy lead is good for geese.

Only if it comes out of the barrel.

I'm glad to see that I wasn't the only one who found the spelling mistake to be the most important point in the thread.

Can you find the mispelled word in hear?

I have set a Garand and a BAR on fire and have seen machinegun barrels glow red and warp, and had a Kydex holster deform and stick to my 1911, so I guess if you really worked it it you could heat up a .22 barrel enough to at least soften, if not melt, lead, but in all the years I have been shooting I have never personally seen a .22 get that kind of hot.

There is no way you could, easily, see the sort of thing that could cause that just peering down the bore at a light source. It might appear as a "grey" spot in the shiny, and may just look like a reflection of something further down the bore. Bore scopes are expensive, so I am not recommending you buy one, but check to see if you can borrow one, or if your local gunsmith will scope the bore for you. If you have a tool chatter or rough spot, it may be able to smooth it out.

Or you can just try smoothing it out anyway. I don't have time or space to describe lapping a bore, the instructions are readily available on the 'net and it is relatively easy to do.