stagpanther
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First time I've seen this.
My friend left off two rifles of his his and ask me to shoot them and tell him what I think. We are both Weatherby fans and I gladly accepted (and I never charge anything) so I said sure. Like I do with all new or new-to-me rifles, I took a close look inside and out and made sure everything was proper (he's going on a hunt soon). From what I could tell from the throat (easy way to judge how used a weatherby is) the rifle had only been shot a few times, and I removed what little copper and residue there was in the bore.
However, the last 1/8th inch or so of rifling at the muzzle has an odd symmetric pock-marking--and it's in all the grooves but none of the lands.
The first 3 shots tracked well (I gave it 5 minutes between shots to keep the throat and bore cool) but from then on shot impacts spread widely. Upon inspection after shooting there was notable copper and residue build-up in those groove ends at the muzzle.
What does the collective think? I've seen button chatter before; but not like this--it looks almost like a grip/clamp of some sort pressed these in.
My friend left off two rifles of his his and ask me to shoot them and tell him what I think. We are both Weatherby fans and I gladly accepted (and I never charge anything) so I said sure. Like I do with all new or new-to-me rifles, I took a close look inside and out and made sure everything was proper (he's going on a hunt soon). From what I could tell from the throat (easy way to judge how used a weatherby is) the rifle had only been shot a few times, and I removed what little copper and residue there was in the bore.
However, the last 1/8th inch or so of rifling at the muzzle has an odd symmetric pock-marking--and it's in all the grooves but none of the lands.
The first 3 shots tracked well (I gave it 5 minutes between shots to keep the throat and bore cool) but from then on shot impacts spread widely. Upon inspection after shooting there was notable copper and residue build-up in those groove ends at the muzzle.
What does the collective think? I've seen button chatter before; but not like this--it looks almost like a grip/clamp of some sort pressed these in.
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