Few questions about new Black Special

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I got a Black Special for Christmas (thanks me, you're awesome) and had a couple quick questions for the board gurus.

Should I be concerned that some of the finish is already scratched off near the ejection port? I hear all these rifles get beat up by chucked brass over time, that's fine, but NIB? Can test-firing really do that?

Second, just before the flash suppressor, there'a channel around the barrel with what seems like a useless stainless steel ring (actually, 3/4 of a ring, it doesn't go all around). What's the point of that, and why's it loose?

And finally, I read in the sticky that there's no real way to know the twist rate other than running a brush through the bore. I can pretty much assume it's a 1:10", right? I'd really hate for it to be quicker than that, I already have an SL8 that can't shoot light bullets for sh!t.

Thx.
 
Factory test firings will leave marks on the receiver. It's pure luck to receive one with more/less marring than the other.

Newer SAN rifles are being imported with 1/7" twist barrels. Yours could have been sitting in a shop for two years before you bought it, so just run the cleaning rod down to be sure (it will take you two minutes).
 
All rifles are function fired and have the sights zeroed at the factory, those with 1 in 10" barrels are also accuracy tested. Thus all rifles will have some small scuffs even when new.

If you bought the rifle new and it had a test target you can be sure that it has a 1 in 10" barrel.
 
Thanks for the info guys. I don't really care about the scuff itself, it's just that I've been sold not-so-new firearms as new in the past, been on my guard about that ever since.

Put a rod through the bore this afternoon, looks like it's a 10" twist. Awesome.

Only thing I'm still not entirely clear on is that channel right before the flash suppressor. brnoshooter, are you saying that only serves a purpose with a grenade-launcher installed? I guess I'll just pull it off. Out of the box, it's bent (not perfectly circular) and just jiggles around uselessly, it's annoying.
 
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