This^^^^^^, just buy a new quality buffer tube...
To OP's original question though in regards to hones.
I have used a cylinder hone on buffer tubes in the past.
Things to note:
- I used a brake hone with stones instead. The dingle ball hone only remove the anodizing and does very little to knock the ridges off the rough surface. Those are mostly designed for 98-99% finished surfaces.
- Although you may not care, it does remove almost all of the anodizing and dry film lube from the tube.
- It takes A LONG TIME to do it. You will use alot of honing oil and repeatedly have to clean the stones off, and rinse the buffer tube for the hone to work effectively.
- It does smooth out the the gritty feeling, especially if you use a flat wound music wire buffer spring (JP) and re-coat the inside of the tube with spray dry film PTFE
- Is it worth it? NO, Sure, it gives a rifle that "broken in" feel when you manually cycle the action, and alot of that typical "zoing" from the buffer spring goes away when shooting. Ultimately, just buy a quality mil-spec tube and just shoot it. A quality tube will not have those drastic extruded ridges like you are experiencing anyways. I would personally not waste my time with it. → quality receiver extension + shooting it more = smooth action.
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