Honestly, a bore scope can be a waste of money. To start, if you don't know what your looking at, it is just a novelty item. The cheap bore scopes are basically worth less than scrap value. If you going to get a bore scope you might as well buy what most in the industry are using. The Hawkeye is about the best unit out there.
http://www.gradientlens.com/ be prepared to lay down $700- $1500 for a Hawkeye. The thing is useless unless you know what your looking at, it is like walking through an ice covered cave, Yea looks pretty, but It is easy to get lost and turned upside down as well. basically what I am saying this I not a tool for the average Joe.
Now here is the biggest problem, you spend all this money, and guess what it still don't tell you a thing. I have seen barrels that had pits, scraps, missing rifling, and you name it, you would say are junk, and they are super shooters. I have seen barrel that are the most pristine looking things on the planet, and you would say "This sucker is perfect and will be a great shooter," and be the worst shooting barrel around. One year I remember I was at the Kelbly's firearm industry super shoot and Hawkeye was set up, and they would give you a ticket for a chance for a fee Hawkeye scope if you brought your rifle in and had it inspected. I remember sitting there and seeing the guy grade barrel after barrel, with most of them he was counting as bad. What I do remember was hearing of a fellow that he graded the barrel as total junk, and he placed 3rd in the super shoot. (Out of 350 of the best shooters in the world.) With that said you cant judge a barrel by what it looks like.
With that all said, unless you have a pile of money sitting around, or your a gunsmith chambering barrels everyday, don't waste your money, there are far better things to spend it on. (Like Bullets and powder.) So now you can rest.
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