New barrel concerns - borescope images

[Clinton]

I fireformed 25 cases for a 223 AI while breaking in a new X-Caliber barrel. My break-in process is shoot clean after each of the first 5, then clean every 5 shots up to 25 rounds. Accuracy wasn’t what I expected so I checked out my barrel with my Teslong borescope (I’m new to borescoping). The images were perplexing. My Bartlein barrels certainly don’t look like this but neither do my two other X-caliber barrels. Any idea what caused what look like pits and gouges in this barrel? I’m curious, but this needs the assistance of experts on this forum. Thanks in advance for your thoughts

 

[Jdne5b]

Run some more dry patches down it. The 4th pic looks like solvent.

 

[Clinton]

Run some more dry patches down it. The 4th pic looks like solvent.

You nailed it. 4 heavy patches removed everything that look like it shouldn't be there. I feel a little stupid, but I'll leave this here for someone else to learn from. Thanks for helping me out

 

[Kurz]

It's always better to ask and get some feedback than to just jump right in with something that isn't applicable.

 

[Clinton]

It's always better to ask and get some feedback than to just jump right in with something that isn't applicable.

That’s why I love it here. Just searching threads on topics I’m interested in teaches me more than I could ever ask for - and I don’t know any other community that is so willing to lend a helping hand (or post). Thank you all!

 

[Pawnee Bill]

Send the pictures to X-Caliber and see what they have to say.