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Posted: 12/11/2025 6:25:36 PM EDT
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Hi Everyone, I sent this back to Ruger because the rifling was pitted and grooved. New gun with only 35 rounds through it. They put a new barrel on it and it's 10x worse than the original. The whole length of the barrel looks like this. Am I mistaken or is this barrel crap? What do you guys think? Thanks    |
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I care what the target says, WAY more than a borescope. However, I do hate when I get a good shooting barrel, that fouls quickly due to rough bores. I had a Remington 700 PSS in .308 that shot pretty decent (about 3/4 MOA at best) but copper fouled quickly due to being very rough. I did a JB bore paste job on it several times, and it settled down a little. I ended up putting about 8000 rounds down it and called it a day, and re-barreled with a good quality barrel. But it copper fouled the same for the entire life of the barrel. My other Remington 700 in .308 is a Milspec 5R and it barely picks up any copper at all. You can shoot it all day with no fouling impact, and it comes clean MUCH faster. My point is, id be far more concerned about how it shoots, in the manner which you plan to shoot it. |
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While I agree with Falarak's comments overall, your barrel looks far too rough to me for one that is fairly new. Take some more pix, perhaps at multiple points down the bore from the muzzle (give dimensions for each pic). Take good, sharp close-up pix of the rifling at the muzzle, and the chamber, if possible. Damage to either area would buttress your claim. If you can, try to get a different CS rep, and be prepared to politely "ask for a Supervisor". Make certain the Supervisor sees all the pix prior to their passing judgment. |
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I work on guns professionally, and my opinion for what it’s worth, is how does it shoot? If it’s decently accurate, then forget the borescope. This is a 45-70 lever action rifle anyway. You’re not going to get sub-moa accuracy out of it. If it groups under a couple MOA, just go enjoy it. |
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Did not have a chance to shoot yet. I realize it's not a precision sub-moa rifle, but it's a $1300 gun. One would expect the quality to be there for that price. It's like owning a new Ferrari with dents and scratches all over it. Sure it will get me where I'm going, but I bought it new and expect it to be nice. |
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