Today I went to the range to work up a new load using the Nosler Custom Competition 69gn along with Re15 based off the charts Nosler posts on their website. It was not ideal conditions to be working up a load outside but decided to go anyway. After firing my 50 worked up loads I was not that happy with the results. Came home and disassembled the rifle and started cleaning. After running two wads though the barrel I started to notice shinny flakes on the dirty wad. I looked up inside the barrel and you can see about 1/3 down the barrel from the end what appears to be parts of the barrel with missing finish. Its the weekend so LMT is closed. But has anyone herd of this before with LMT's barrels?
Sorry for the shitty Cell phone picture, I used a flashlight to get the flakes to shine on the wad. There are a total of about 10 flakes, some larger than others. Down the barrel it looks like its happening in several locations around the same area.
I know LMT will make right, but what a shitty feeling!
BTW round count for this barrel and gun is close to 1000 rounds.