My friends chamber is weird

[Lucky6547]

So I was going to help my buddy reload for the first time with stuff he got.

But then before we really even got into it, I noticed a weird thing about his fired brass.

There is a distinct scoring or mark that is not present on unfired factory ammo.

It persists even after full length sizing.

You can feel it with your fingernail easily both fired and unsized and then full length sized.

See attached pic.

I think his gun needs a new chamber cut, possibly even a new barrel (it is a factory lightweight barrel, might not have enough metal for a new chamber). It is a factory gun, one of the ones I thought was a better brand that wouldn’t have issues like this. I won’t post the brand until he contacts them to see if they’ll stand by their product.

Let me know what you guys think.

 

[Lucky6547]

The scoring is right below the shoulder/body junction.

 

[Peebles24]

I think i saw another thread like this real recently. Looks like same mark

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/th...brass-solved-see-pic-on-page-3.3956797/page-3

Hos was toward base of brass bit looks similar.

 

[Lucky6547]

That does look like it

 

[Lucky6547]

Thanks

 

[Dusty Stevens]

If its not bothering anything shoot it. Thats better than some factory chambers ive seen

 

[alinwa]

I have a factory chamber here, bought in the last year which is chattered so bad that the brass must be indexed back to the same rib alignment before rounds will rechamber. Is it going back?? In my case, "no"..... I never intended to utilize the factory tube anyway and sending it back "to make a point" would be, in my case, Just being a dick.

I didn't expect much

I got even less!

LOL

 

[#40Fan]

I'd be afraid after a few reloads the portion above that mark would remain in the barrel after a firing.

 

[Lucky6547]

I'd be afraid after a few reloads the portion above that mark would remain in the barrel after a firing.

Yea, he’s going to send it back to the manufacturer.

 

[JaoeyP]

A friend if mine had this issue with a custom rifle he had built. I told him to email the builder. He did on July 4th and the builder sent him a shipping label in 30 minutes. What his builder thinks happened is a chip got caught in the reamer while chambering the rifle. The builder gave my friend the option of installing a new barrel, or setting back the barrel an inch and finding another way to make it up to him. He chose to have the barrel set back.

Not sure if it would have hurt anything, but he wanted it fixed. Your friend might give the manufacturer a call and see if they will fix it.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

A friend if mine had this issue with a custom rifle he had built. I told him to email the builder. He did on July 4th and the builder sent him a shipping label in 30 minutes. What his builder thinks happened is a chip got caught in the reamer while chambering the rifle. The builder gave my friend the option of installing a new barrel, or setting back the barrel an inch and finding another way to make it up to him. He chose to have the barrel set back.

Not sure if it would have hurt anything, but he wanted it fixed. Your friend might give the manufacturer a call and see if they will fix it.

Sounds like your friend has a top notch gunsmith. No blame getting tossed around- thats great.

 

[JaoeyP]

Sounds like your friend has a top notch gunsmith. No blame getting tossed around- thats great.

That's what I thought. Even the BEST can make a mistake, but how one handles those mistakes says a lot. I felt like the smith really went out of his way to try and make it right and decided if I ever did a custom build I'd try him first.