I have a 686 and 624 S&W 6" barrels. Both were severely crushed at the frame. JB Bore paste can be used for toothpaste without much if any damage to the enamel on your teeth compared to what is needed for this job.
I have varying coarseness grades of valve grinding compound and I started with coarse, then fine and then LBTs lapping compound. I thought I was going to set the dry weeds on fire with the sparks flying out of both guns. However, I was at a point that I didn't have anything to lose with either gun. They wouldn't shoot to my satisfaction anyway.
I sized the bullets to bore diameter at the muzzle and let um rip. I have two of the finest shooting revolvers now. I ran a total of 100 rounds through each gun. I don't recall how many of each, but I used less of the coarse than the others. The LBJ Fire Lapping compound will not wear as quickly as the carborendum valve compound and therefore, it polishes the barrel to the end of a 6".
Harold Clark