Revolver Cleaning Woe...

[saki302]

Probably came out of the factory that way.

I don't see how cleaning or firing could possibly do that. Unless you cleaned your breech face with a dull file.

-Dave

[Rottentofu]

Oh, understood. My best guess is that I probably didn't notice it in the beginning, but after firing it for the first time, the residue leftover from the gunpowder colored the "scratch", making it more obvious.

Well, in that case, I wouldn't worry about it. Thanks so much for all your input everyone!

[TeddyBallgame]

Oh, understood. My best guess is that I probably didn't notice it in the beginning, but after firing it for the first time, the residue leftover from the gunpowder colored the "scratch", making it more obvious.

Well, in that case, I wouldn't worry about it. Thanks so much for all your input everyone!

OP, your concern made me take out my GP100 and examine it for those very same abrasions...my Ruger has never been fired, except at the factory, I bought it brand new about 8 months ago

mine has those very same types of markings inside, almost scratch like although not deep, so, what has happened is probably just as you described...after shooting the GP, those scratch areas probably became darker and more visible due to the gunpowder that settled in

maybe a little Ballistol and a toothbrush will clear it up, but, don't expect it to have the same type of finish you have on the more visible areas of the gun...Rugers revolvers are great firearms, but, they do lack some of the cosmetic refinement in areas not usually visible

I tried to take a picture of mine, but, my cellphone camera is just too shi**y to capture what you're talking about...i'll give it a shot later with better lighting

[Rottentofu]

OP, your concern made me take out my GP100 and examine it for those very same abrasions...my Ruger has never been fired, except at the factory, I bought it brand new about 8 months ago

mine has those very same types of markings inside, almost scratch like although not deep, so, what has happened is probably just as you described...after shooting the GP, those scratch areas probably became darker and more visible due to the gunpowder that settled in

maybe a little Ballistol and a toothbrush will clear it up, but, don't expect it to have the same type of finish you have on the more visible areas of the gun...Rugers revolvers are great firearms, but, they do lack some of the cosmetic refinement in areas not usually visible

I tried to take a picture of mine, but, my cellphone camera is just too shi**y to capture what you're talking about...i'll give it a shot later with better lighting

Thank you for the confirmation.

[mjmagee67]

How does the gun shoot?

[c good]

nothing wrong there. Relax.

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I would send it back to ruger and have them fix it. I got a brand new Vaquero a couple months ago that looked like it had been through a cement mixer. Sent it back and they refinished the gun.

[bsg]

Oh, understood. My best guess is that I probably didn't notice it in the beginning, but after firing it for the first time, the residue leftover from the gunpowder colored the "scratch", making it more obvious.

Well, in that case, I wouldn't worry about it. Thanks so much for all your input everyone!

i believe this should clear up the mystery.

[kurac]

You did not cause that by cleaning. It looks like the broach Ruger used to cut the breach face was dull or they didn't use enough cutting oil or both.

[jyo]

Revolvers made today are not produced with the same cosmetic standards as the good old days of extensive hand fitting and polishing---the outsides are polished nicely, the internals, not so much…
This is why mint older revolver examples are prized and sold for biggie dollars...

[Tortuga Rick]

Was a wire brush used to clean with ?

[jazman]

Off subject but hopefully helpful, when cleaning use a 357/38 brush to clean your barrel, but use a .40 brush to clean your cylinder chambers. Really helps with the .38 firing "rings".

[bsg]

this goes across-the-board with most guns.

[Che762x39]

Off subject but hopefully helpful, when cleaning use a 357/38 brush to clean your barrel, but use a .40 brush to clean your cylinder chambers. Really helps with the .38 firing "rings".

Good advice there. If you can not find a 357/38 chamber brush a 40 bore brush will do.

[bountyhunter]

The area around the firing pin is totally scratched up. Is this normal?

Absolutely not. Are you 100% sure it wasn't like that from the factory?

Brass is the only thing that should be dragging across there even with no cylinder clearance. It should never be able to drag gouge marks into steel like that. A monkey with a mill file could and I have seen similar damage on new SW guns that were "fitted" by a moron at the factory.

If the cylinder was dragging it the cut lines would look rotary, those look straight across like what happens with a file or stone.