damaged my AR barrel

[oops]

So I made many mistakes today due to carelessness and impatience. I think it may have cost me a small fortune.

My AR was having problems cycling at the range yesterday and I decided today to make a dummy round (no powder or primer) to see why the bolt kept sticking forward with a round in the chamber. It donned on me after making the dummy round and loading it in my AR that I had switched bullets yesterday (I loaded 50 and 60 gr bullets) and My bolt gun wasn't liking the 60gr as much. Well I never full length sized the dummy round and since I mixed it up at the range I was loading reloads from my bold gun into My AR. I'm gritting my teeth writing this right now because it was such a simple mistake but I should have known better....

Well the dummy round got stuck and so of course I stuck to my chain of incompetence and proceeded to try and remove it.. stuck a gun cleaning rod down the muzzle and gave it a nice little hit. Removed it and thought I was golden. I cleaned my barrel and take a nice close look into it and there is a deep cut in it now. Barrel only has about 150 rounds through it... My guess is the cleaning rod I used was steel and a two piece so I think where the two screw together must have had a sharp edge and dug into my barrel when I was trying to dislodge it. F*&K

really annoyed with myself

[buffybuster]

Just a shot in the dark.... By any chance does this "cut" in the bore coincide with where the gasport is?

I'm hoping you might be mistaking the gasport for barrel damage.

If it is indeed a "cut" in the bore, if the bore is chrome lined, that was probably also damaged. Nothing to lose at this point. Just shoot it and see how it shoots. If it's decently accurate then shoot it until the chrome begins stripping off.

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no it's definitely down further than the gas port. It's a chrome moly match barrel and I paid obama prices for it...

[TKM]

How does it shoot?

[bohoki]

How does it shoot?

yea it will probably be fine its not really the quality of the hose that matters its the nozzle that controls the spray

[oops]

actually Buffybuster gave me hope and took me out of my negative mood and I think He may be right. It is lined up with the gas port but it looks farther down. I'm hoping my depth perception is off with one eye and he is right... I have looked down that barrel so many times and I don't know how I never saw that hole before. I might go back to angeles this weekend to try it out. I also cycled some other rounds through it that have been sized and they don't get stuck... imagine that

[foxtrotuniformlima]

The only thing that matters is how it shoots. Try a load that you have used before and see if the results are the same. I'm guessing that they will be.

Shoot a handful or 2 to iron out any potential gouges if they do in fact exist and then test.

[oops]

The only thing that matters is how it shoots. Try a load that you have used before and see if the results are the same. I'm guessing that they will be.

Shoot a handful or 2 to iron out any potential gouges if they do in fact exist and then test.

will do.. thanks for the quick help guys..

[Technical Ted]

Just a shot in the dark.... By any chance does this "cut" in the bore coincide with where the gasport is?

LOL. Reminds me of a friend that called me about barrel cleaning on an AR-15:"There's this one spot that won't scrub out."

[stormy_clothing]

fixes everything

[Fjold]

One other thing.

Throw away that two piece cleaning rod!

[buffybuster]

actually Buffybuster gave me hope and took me out of my negative mood and I think He may be right. It is lined up with the gas port but it looks farther down. I'm hoping my depth perception is off with one eye and he is right... I have looked down that barrel so many times and I don't know how I never saw that hole before. I might go back to angeles this weekend to try it out. I also cycled some other rounds through it that have been sized and they don't get stuck... imagine that

Do you see the gasport and also this ding in the bore? If you only see one, that's most likely the gasport. There has to be one there.

BTW Never look at the gasport with a borescope....... You'll swear something is wrong with it...... but that's the way they all look.

[domokun]

One other thing.

Throw away that two piece cleaning rod!

+1 on this. Get yourself a single piece coated cleaning rod. I have a Dewey cleaning rod that I know won't scratch the barrel when I use it.

[oops]

+1 on this. Get yourself a single piece coated cleaning rod. I have a Dewey cleaning rod that I know won't scratch the barrel when I use it.

will do...... thanks

[oops]

Do you see the gasport and also this ding in the bore? If you only see one, that's most likely the gasport. There has to be one there.

BTW Never look at the gasport with a borescope....... You'll swear something is wrong with it...... but that's the way they all look.

I look in and it looks like a slit in the top. I must be the gas port on how it is aligned .. still looks farther down to me but I guess that is why both eyes are required for driving.