Barrel crown gouges

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I just bought a 10/22 and gave it a borescoping for curiosity sake. It looks like I have some gouges just on the inside of the barrel muzzle. They are barely visible to the naked eye but pretty obvious on the scope. Anyone think this is a concern?
There's no way I could have done this myself with just regular cleaning. It looks like some tool was inserted and rotated to cause the gouging across the lands and grooves
 

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If new from a shop, a warranty could probably be requested but most warranty claims are a giant PIA and take forever.

Honestly, a little trim and recrown would be 10x quicker, easier and less hassle. 🤷‍♂️
 
Yep, if you know someone with a lathe or even a good bandsaw with a little touch-up filing and you'll likely be Months Ahead of a Warranty claim.
 
Raton57 said:
How does it shoot first.
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Not too bad. But it's a 9in takedown so I didn't expect extreme accuracy. The performance is already going to be worse than say a 16 in fixed barrel, but I want to at least start with the best baseline possible within my control. I can only guess that crown gouges are going to affect consistency.
 
Naardvark said:
Not too bad. But it's a 9in takedown so I didn't expect extreme accuracy. The performance is already going to be worse than say a 16 in fixed barrel, but I want to at least start with the best baseline possible within my control. I can only guess that crown gouges are going to affect consistency.
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There is a procedure called "counterboring" that would clean that up nicely, without having to cut off the barrel and recrown.

You could even make the counterbore into a muzzle brake, which would likely help a lot with control during rapid fire practice.

The size "A" letter drill is appx .234 inches diameter, which would clean up everything.

Slots could be cut easily with a milling machine or something else for venting muzzle gasses in the direction you prefer.

Such barrels are for "cool factor" so the brake would add to that.
 
_Shorty said:
Why are so many people so opposed to returning defective products? If I pay good money for something and don't get what I am supposed to get, they get it back, and I get my money back. Pretty simple.
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LOL, when was the last time you got your money back on a major purchase?

Pretty much NO gun company is just gonna refund you the money. There are loads of reports and history of really terrible gun warranty processes in Canada. For something minor and easily fixed like the scratches in the bore, it would be WAY quicker and less hassle to just fix the thing.
 
Naardvark said:
Not too bad. But it's a 9in takedown so I didn't expect extreme accuracy. The performance is already going to be worse than say a 16 in fixed barrel, but I want to at least start with the best baseline possible within my control. I can only guess that crown gouges are going to affect consistency.
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if your aren't shooting top shelf 22lr, which I doubt you are being its 9" Consistency won't be noticed by the gouges. Cheap 22lr is already very inconsistent.
Did you buy it new? If so i'd talk to them about it
Bought it used? the person before you could very well not of known. Most people don't have borescopes. Heck. I've only borescoped my precision guns.
third, what make is the barrel? PM me of you prefer.
 
a friend of mine bought a ruger 10/22 takedown and the whole bore looked like that was a pain in the ass trying to get ruger to warranty it he just trashed the barrel and went aftermarket. Personally i would not buy any new ruger products there quality control is pretty terrible and seems like they have zero care about canadian products look at the people haveing problems with new ruger marlin lever guns there no better thannwhen remington was makeing them
 
Iam assuming this is a ruger charger parts kitt brought it through irunguns iam thinking ruger is not gonna warranty this for you especially in canada as they need the complete gun to install a new barrel onto. And i doubt your gonna get and satisfaction with irunguns as they probably dont have the receiver any more to submit the whole pistol for warrenty
 
Naardvark said:
Not too bad. But it's a 9in takedown so I didn't expect extreme accuracy. The performance is already going to be worse than say a 16 in fixed barrel, but I want to at least start with the best baseline possible within my control. I can only guess that crown gouges are going to affect consistency.
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I built a short barrel 10-22 takedown out of my ruger charger 10 inch and it’s a very accurate little rifle barrel length has nothing to do with accuracu
 
I Dont Care About You said:
LOL, when was the last time you got your money back on a major purchase?

Pretty much NO gun company is just gonna refund you the money. There are loads of reports and history of really terrible gun warranty processes in Canada. For something minor and easily fixed like the scratches in the bore, it would be WAY quicker and less hassle to just fix the thing.
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I've never not gotten my money back on anything I ended up not wanting, including guns. *shrug*
 
I Dont Care About You said:
LOL, when was the last time you got your money back on a major purchase?

Pretty much NO gun company is just gonna refund you the money. There are loads of reports and history of really terrible gun warranty processes in Canada. For something minor and easily fixed like the scratches in the bore, it would be WAY quicker and less hassle to just fix the thing.
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I use to work in the industry and I refunded several individuals that had problems like this with their firearms. It ain't worth pissing off a customer so generally all they want is to exchange it. I dealt with the warranty instead of making a customer deal with that on a brand new firearm they just bought.
 
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