Surface Pitting on Shoulder of Bolt Face

[Devlin]

Hey there

This is the bolt out of my Benelli SBE II if you look at the front end of the bolt around the outer edge you'll notice what appears to be surface pitting of the metal. My question is, is this normal? This has always been present since I have owned the gun approx 4 months now.

It is stored in a warm dry room and is not in a case, no other parts of the bolt or gun in general show any signs of this. I use CLP to clean and lube the gun only as the bottle of Benelli oil that came with the gun had next to nothing in it when I opened it.

Any advice/input is welcome

 

[303carbine]

Try 0000 steel wool very lightly and oil it up

 

[Devlin]

Checking over at the Benelli forums and one of their senior members replied that his bolt is in the same condition and always have been in this condition.

Could just be a Benelli thing I suppose.

 

[IntelGDR691]

I have the same on my new M4 Super 90. It is probably done in the ''chroming'' process of the bolt head. I don't see any rust in that. Don't worry.