Bore scope for a pistol?

[AntiSoCal]

Maybe dumb question, but are borescopes like "EndoSnake" useful for semi-auto pistol barrels?, or not even worth it? Any better than just holding the barrel up to a light source? If I got one like the Lyman BoreCam for my long guns, is that useful for pistol barrels as well? I don't see why not, but just want to make sure I'm not overlooking any issue. Thanks.

[kcstott]

with maximum accuracy level of a semiauto pistol being in the 1.5" at 25 yards. Why would you care?? there is far more contributing to the inaccuracy of a pistol than the condition of the barrel.

[smoothy8500]

[divingin]

Kind of depends on what you're looking for.

In general unless you have a 90 degree mirror on the endoscope (a few have them, but not most, as far as I've seen), you're not going to get a lot of detail. Enough to tell if your cleaning regimen is working, perhaps, but not a lot more than that.

A true borescope (or an endoscope with a 90 degree mirror) will make it possible to see flaws in the rifling, throat/rifling erosion, etc. The bad thing is that you usually can't do anything about those short of replacing the barrel.

[kcstott]

You said you deleted that!

[AntiSoCal]

Yeah I guess it was a dumb question. Bore scope useful for long guns but not necessary for a pistol. Convinced not to waste money on an EndoSnake. Anyway, would be nice to include a pic of a pistol bore when posting for sale here on CG. Its impossible with just a cell phone camera.

[smoothy8500]

[QUOTE=AntiSoCal;23401994] Anyway, would be nice to include a pic of a pistol bore when posting for sale here on CG.

Meh, it would just result in more questions...how many rounds, how did you clean, can you get closer to (choose one-or all) the crown, chamber, left side, etc