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<blockquote data-quote="Bret GRAVELINE Graveline" data-source="post: 2448780" data-attributes="member: 108926"><p>That darker color you are seeing may not be carbon ( although it could ) at 600 rounds this is normal but is the beginning stages of what is called heat checking or flame cutting, as time goes on it will begin to look like a alligators hide, some refer to it as alligatoring, go to u-tube bore scope or hawkeye, and look over some of the videos, there is a lot to be seen there, might help you to better understand what you are looking at, Ron spoomer has a excellent video on this, something else to keep in your bag of tricks for cleaning is a tube of flitz or semichrome, I have both can't tell one from the other, very mild abrasive polish that cleans and shines, I prefer using this to other bore paste and it cleans up better, I got my bore scope about 30 years ago, they were a new tool to shooters then, I made all my shooting buddies bring there rifles over, or I went to them just so I could get a feel for what I was looking at, one of the first things I learned was, pretty barrels don't always shoot well and a ugly barrel could be amazingly accurate, knowing how many rounds have been fired down a barrel really helps understand what you're looking at,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bret GRAVELINE Graveline, post: 2448780, member: 108926"] That darker color you are seeing may not be carbon ( although it could ) at 600 rounds this is normal but is the beginning stages of what is called heat checking or flame cutting, as time goes on it will begin to look like a alligators hide, some refer to it as alligatoring, go to u-tube bore scope or hawkeye, and look over some of the videos, there is a lot to be seen there, might help you to better understand what you are looking at, Ron spoomer has a excellent video on this, something else to keep in your bag of tricks for cleaning is a tube of flitz or semichrome, I have both can't tell one from the other, very mild abrasive polish that cleans and shines, I prefer using this to other bore paste and it cleans up better, I got my bore scope about 30 years ago, they were a new tool to shooters then, I made all my shooting buddies bring there rifles over, or I went to them just so I could get a feel for what I was looking at, one of the first things I learned was, pretty barrels don't always shoot well and a ugly barrel could be amazingly accurate, knowing how many rounds have been fired down a barrel really helps understand what you're looking at, [/QUOTE]
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