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WTH is wrong with this new barrel?
I just got a new barrel and this was what I found when I unwrapped it. WTH?
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"Show me a young conservative and I'll show you a man without a heart. Show me an old liberal and I'll show you a man without a brain." - Sir Winston Churchill
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where'd it come from? Blackthorne/vulcan/hesse? Or a random gun show find?
As for what's wrong, appears to be rusted. -
Looks like rust pitting, I'd ask for a return label.
Sent from my DROID RAZR using TapatalkOriginally posted by KestryllOriginally posted by Libertarian777Comment
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I'd try to clean it.Test firing residue?
If it doesn't clean off,definitely return.Comment
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Could be the angle of the photo, but I do believe the bore is off center.Comment
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Looks like it was test fired. Put some solvent on a q-tip and I bet it wipes right off. Was it marketed as HP tested?Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison
The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)Comment
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OK, I'm an idiot.
I ordered a chrome BCG and a stainless barrel from an online retailer. The chrome BCG came in with rust spots on it and I had to take it all off with steel wool. So I already wasn't happy with the vendor.
Then I unwrapped the barrel and it looked like they tried to machine the throat with a rusty ice pick. I also noticed a couple healthy divots on the exterior and a couple spots of rust on the outside of the barrel extension. So I expected the worst.
Some of you recommended trying to wipe the throat to see if it was just something on the surface. You were right. It was just black and rusty looking grease. The strange thing is it was ONLY right at the throat radius. There was none in the barrel and none around the lugs. Strange.
Anyway, false alarm. I'm glad it was something simple and sorry to bother you all.
Cheers.
Last edited by k1dude; 10-31-2013, 1:22 AM."Show me a young conservative and I'll show you a man without a heart. Show me an old liberal and I'll show you a man without a brain." - Sir Winston Churchill
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!" - Senator Barry GoldwaterComment
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