stagpanther
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As promised, I am doing a follow-up on the replacement 41 mag I received from Henry. After cleaning the bore with a few patches to get possible factory grease and debris out--I took her out last night for five shots of 210 xtp's. I was shooting with irons only at about 52 yds, grouping was about 4 or 5 inches, unremarkable though my eyes are pretty bad.
Upon returning home and doing a light cleaning, I noticed the bore at the muzzle looked like this:
My first thought is that it must be copper off the bullet jacket--but both copper-killer and bore-shine patches come through with no indication of copper. Even stranger--I can't discern rifling grooves at the end of the bore--it almost looks like a smooth bore choke.
I've never seen this on a new rifle before and is out of my league--any ideas?
PS--I have not slugged the bore yet
Upon returning home and doing a light cleaning, I noticed the bore at the muzzle looked like this:
My first thought is that it must be copper off the bullet jacket--but both copper-killer and bore-shine patches come through with no indication of copper. Even stranger--I can't discern rifling grooves at the end of the bore--it almost looks like a smooth bore choke.
I've never seen this on a new rifle before and is out of my league--any ideas?
PS--I have not slugged the bore yet