is this a warranty issue?

[hntnnut]

New to this forum, I picked up a new Citadel tactical? .45 a few months back (first 1911 in many years) and have about 250 rounds of WWB through it without a single issue, shoots where I point it and groups are very respectable.
I do have one issue though its marking up my brass pretty badly. I've noticed that my chamber is real ruff and is transfering the marks onto the brass. I keep telling myself that its only cosmetic but its bothered me enough to not really want to shoot it anymore. Do you think this is a issue that Armscor would fix under warranty? Also It appears that there are chatter marks along each land down the entire lengh of the barrel.

Richard

[Lead Waster]

You should call them and email these pictures to them! It wouldn't hurt or cost you anything to ask directly.

[CelticMonster]

I would definitely contact the company and forward them those pictures. It doesn't hurt to try, and if there is in fact something wrong, hopefully they can take care of it. I cannot tell if the barrel is defective or not but your brass should not look like you went at it with sand paper.

[redcliff]

That chamber is ugly.

Maybe some RIA owners will chime in with some comparison pictures? I'm interested in whether this is a one-off problem or if it's what passes for acceptable at Armscorp.

[sjm9877]

A dremel with a polishing wheel will fix it right up.

If the factory won't fix it. They should send you a new barrel IMO.

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

I have an RIA barrel in my junk drawer that looks a lot like that except that the chatter marks are at the muzzle end. It was sent to me installed in a replacement RIA Tactical and it's one of the reasons I don't have an RIA pistol any more. Good luck getting anything better from Armscor on a warranty service, but it can't hurt to try.

[luckystrike]

yuck, warranty might just get you another jacked up barrel. either try to selvage it or buy a new one from brownells.

[GunsNGirls]

Chamber looks like crap, but the marks near the end of the barrel just looks like lead buildup. It is a Citadel though and not a Springfield or Kimber, so I'm not surprised.

They will probably give you a new barrel that looks exactly like that one lol.

[CWM4A1]

Stuff in rifling seem like carbon/lead built up. My Kimber looks like that after I shot it. Have to do some serious scrubbing if I want that gone. Since it does not really affect accuracy or function, most of time I just leave it alone.

As for the chamber, that's pretty ugly. But frankly, you got what you paid for. Factory might be able to replace a barrel that looks a little nicer (without that deep tooling scratch), but to get one that's nicely polish, you might as well find a gunsmith to fit a nicer barrel to it.