Barrel Pitting?

[Stressfire]

I have definitely gotten AR fever - I want one!

I had a look at one the other day that seemed pretty reasonably priced, but when I looked down the barrel, it didn't look as shiny as I was thinking it should.

Toward the muzzle at least, there seemed to be some speckling? I really couldn't tell what it was.

I shot it, seemed accurate enough, to nail a 20oz bottle at 100 feet or so, that is.

So, how would one recognize barrel pitting? Can it be fixed?

 

[hooligan1]

Usually a regular "Joe" like you and I would go to the Smith and get him to borescope this barrel..

And if there are pits in it, keep shooting it, it really doesn't matter that much in a hunter/plinker rifle anyway.

 

[Stressfire]

Usually a regular "Joe" like you and I would go to the Smith and get him to borescope this barrel

And I would too if A) I could afford one and B) If there was a decent one in my area without a 2 hour drive

I know the barrel was clean, because I had just finished scrubbing it myself. But the "specks" were still pretty apparent.

The rifle does do a lot of sitting around with it's current owner and doesn't get fired much.

 

[cornbush]

Are the spots about where the gas block sits on the barrel?

 

[Stressfire]

Are the spots about where the gas block sits on the barrel?

That's about the location, give or take an inch or 2

 

[30Cal]

Not desirable, but a little pitting won't matter.

 

[cornbush]

Could be carbon, powder fouling, I had some build up in an ar right at the gas block, it was a pain to scrub out, is your bore chrome lined?

 

[Stressfire]

is your bore chrome lined?

It should be, but under light it doesn't look as shiny as I think it should - at least, not compared to my pistol barrels - which, granted are larger and allow more light it.