Hello, Jay Bradley:
May I please share some information:
Gun bores are designed for intended cartridges. The bullet type, such as jacketed, unjacketed/bare lead alloy, etc, velocity, powder type, such as smokeless or traditional black powder and its "substitutes", and powder fouling, are usually reflected in rifling groove depth and rifling twist rate. These often involve compromises so a wider variety of these can work well enough. But, compromise can introduce accuracy issues.
While not absolute, rifling groove depth is shallower for jacketed bullets primarily designed for smokeless powder. Bores primarily for black powder and "naked" bullets have relatively deeper grooves to minimize fouling accuracy issues.
Gun makers consider these and often select a rifling groove depth that will accommodate both jacketed and unjacketed bullets and powder fouling factors. The problem arises when the shooter encounters a barrel specifically designed for one intended bullet and powder combination to the exclusion of most others
One gun maker's Customer Support technicians shared that their fine lever action 1800's era replica had quite shallow, .003" deep rifling grooves, and while chambered for cartridges usually using unjacketed bullets, the bore was deliberately set for jacketed bullets and smokeless powder. Unjacketed bullets with black powder would be less accurate. I do not know if they changed groove depth, but that particular, otherwise impressively made rifle was not popular with cast bullet shooters.
Our Forum includes experienced members who have shared much. Their information can be found by Searching topics and reading all their Threads/Posts. The info's here, it just has to be dug out and studied because short answers can exclude other related factors and fresh info may be added.
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El Supremo/Kevin Tinny