Barrel blemish

[Dirtdevil]

So I made the mistake of buying a teslong camera to see if I was getting my barrels clean Talk about opening up a can of worms. I found a spot in a barrel that concerns me Pic posted. It's a factory stainless Remington barrel. Older model in 300 saum My guess is it a bad spot in the steel the barrel was made from. What's you thoughts. Is it even worth trying to shoot this rifle ?

 

[Phil Rizzo]

Interesting isn't it?
I bought one recently also.
Going to examine blanks BEFORE they get machined and I potentially spend several hundred rounds and hours in a hopeless situation. Again.

 

[338 dude]

So I made the mistake of buying a teslong camera to see if I was getting my barrels clean Talk about opening up a can of worms. I found a spot in a barrel that concerns me Pic posted. It's a factory stainless Remington barrel. Older model in 300 saum My guess is it a bad spot in the steel the barrel was made from. What's you thoughts. Is it even worth trying to shoot this rifle ?

All you can do is shoot it and find out

 

[26Reload]

Perfect place to put the new crown....

 

[Dirtdevil]

Heck yea It just had to be 12 inches down the tube

 

[Bob Wright]

Looks like damage from gun drilling/ reaming prior to rifling operation. If it shoots, pretend it's not there!

 

[sable tireur]

Make yourself feel better and instill some confidence in your Remington barrel; borrow a Savage barrel and run the Teslong down it! You'll never have a problem with the Remington again!

 

[HSmithTX]

Make yourself feel better and instill some confidence in your Remington barrel; borrow a Savage barrel and run the Teslong down it! You'll never have a problem with the Remington again!

Amen, I have barrels that shoot great that look WAY worse than the OP.

 

[Bret GRAVELINE Graveline]

I say pretend its not there load and shoot, I bought my bore scope over 30 years ago, the one thing I learned was the prettiest shiniest barrels don't always shoot the tightest groups, and ugly shouldn't be scoffed at,

 

[Dirtdevil]

Well I'm gonna give it a try Thank you guys for the input

 

[Rosebud]

I used my bore scope to look at all my rifles. Then decided to put it back in the bag and store it. Just shoot it, unless it shoots poorly don't look at it again.

 

[Dirtrax]

Shoot it. Nothing else will work. A borescope is best used to verify cleaning and throat erosion.

 

[2buffalo]

Everything is magnified substantially on a bore scope. Look at your fingerprint with it and you will see.

 

[CaneBrake]

I've seen worse from Remington. Shoot it, copper will fill it in eventually. I got a couple Remingtons that look like the bore was cut with a screwdriver as you get close to the crown. It may not be a benchrest rifle with that barrel but even the bad Remington barrels usually shoot minute of deer