New Savage 6MM Creed. Cleaned before and after shooting 2 rounds and it's still there. What are your thoughts? The rest of the barrel is spotless. I don't
think its copper.
Ever seen a spot like this in a barrel?
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Yes, I’ve seen it. Typical Savage barrel. The big question is, how does it shoot?
This is my Savage Hog 308 barrel; I haven’t got it to group better than 1.25”, not even with FGMM. And it’s a bitch to clean. Never again.
This is my Savage Hog 308 barrel; I haven’t got it to group better than 1.25”, not even with FGMM. And it’s a bitch to clean. Never again.
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I looked in there to see if it had copper. Pretty much all factory barrels are shot at the factory, but not cleaned. My common practice is to clean the barrel even before shooting it to start with a completely clean barrel, then go through the break in procedure.
It’s a savage barrel. It’s supposed to look like that. Tool and chatter marks resembling a corrugated drain pipe
I’m a firm believer bore scopes cause more worry than they’re worth. Shoot and see what it does.
Bore scopes shouldn’t even be allowed down a savage barrel
Because of the imperfections savages shoot best with a couple rounds down the barrel. Mine did best after about 20.
Clean savages shoot worse. My best results were just bore snaking mine every once in a while. Cleaning to bare metal only hurt it until it fouled back in
I’m a firm believer bore scopes cause more worry than they’re worth. Shoot and see what it does.
Bore scopes shouldn’t even be allowed down a savage barrel
Because of the imperfections savages shoot best with a couple rounds down the barrel. Mine did best after about 20.
Clean savages shoot worse. My best results were just bore snaking mine every once in a while. Cleaning to bare metal only hurt it until it fouled back in
Yeah, with a new Savage the procedure is, clean the barrel to remove the trash they left behind, followed by shooting 100-200 rounds of the cheapest ammo you can find without cleaning it. Go home and leave it dirty without touching it for a week, then run several patches soaked with Hoppe’s down the bore, followed by a few clean ones just to get some of the carbon out, oil it, and you’re good to go.
Run it like you stole it.
Run it like you stole it.
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Friends don't let friends buy Salvage.
Not fair as I'm told many tend to shoot better than they should.
Still, it's like picking up a turd by the clean end.
Not fair as I'm told many tend to shoot better than they should.
Still, it's like picking up a turd by the clean end.
^^^ Which is why Haney is now here, blessing us with his wisdom - as all of the real forums have banned him.
OP: That definitely appears to be some sort of corrosion. I'd shoot it a bit more and continue to check to see if it is collecting a lot of copper. If the accuracy that you want is there (and no excessive copper buildup), then I wouldn't even worry about it. I have a Salvage with the same horrible chatter marks from the button rifling process as well, and the barrel shoot amazingly well. If the rifle would feed worth a squat, I'd even brag about it a little.
Borescopes are amazing tools for checking your cleaning process and looking for carbon ring buildup. I'd wager though that 90% of the time they are used to diagnose issues that would otherwise not exist if the owner didn't know about them. $5 says that what you are seeing has no noticeable effect on your accuracy.
OP: That definitely appears to be some sort of corrosion. I'd shoot it a bit more and continue to check to see if it is collecting a lot of copper. If the accuracy that you want is there (and no excessive copper buildup), then I wouldn't even worry about it. I have a Salvage with the same horrible chatter marks from the button rifling process as well, and the barrel shoot amazingly well. If the rifle would feed worth a squat, I'd even brag about it a little.
Borescopes are amazing tools for checking your cleaning process and looking for carbon ring buildup. I'd wager though that 90% of the time they are used to diagnose issues that would otherwise not exist if the owner didn't know about them. $5 says that what you are seeing has no noticeable effect on your accuracy.
Judas priest with the “don’t look at your barrel with a borescope!!!” nonsense.
It’s a precision instrument, that until recently was unaffordable to most. Part of the learning process is learning what to look at and what to ignore.
So you post so pics and guys who know more should say “don’t worry about that. Probably nothing. See how it shoots”.
Instead of oh my God, not a borescope!!! The worst thing ever invented. How dare you stick one down your barrel, you fool! The sewing circle comments are superfluous and unintelligent.
I had a savage that out of the box shot consistently under half inch MOA for over 5K rounds (mostly warm loads). Incidentally that’s about as good as I shoot anyways. I finally burned that barrel out. I cut my precision long range teeth (and reloading) on that rifle out to 1140 yrds. It was a pivot rifle because it performed and kept me from being discouraged.
Over time, I improved it with a chassis, suppressor, gen 2 rzr glass etc. but it really never shot any better that is did brand new out of the box with the Tupperware stock and fixed 10x SWFA.
I never got to borescope this rifle. I wish I had those pics. Keep posting your borescope pics and questions. I’m learning too.
It’s a precision instrument, that until recently was unaffordable to most. Part of the learning process is learning what to look at and what to ignore.
So you post so pics and guys who know more should say “don’t worry about that. Probably nothing. See how it shoots”.
Instead of oh my God, not a borescope!!! The worst thing ever invented. How dare you stick one down your barrel, you fool! The sewing circle comments are superfluous and unintelligent.
I had a savage that out of the box shot consistently under half inch MOA for over 5K rounds (mostly warm loads). Incidentally that’s about as good as I shoot anyways. I finally burned that barrel out. I cut my precision long range teeth (and reloading) on that rifle out to 1140 yrds. It was a pivot rifle because it performed and kept me from being discouraged.
Over time, I improved it with a chassis, suppressor, gen 2 rzr glass etc. but it really never shot any better that is did brand new out of the box with the Tupperware stock and fixed 10x SWFA.
I never got to borescope this rifle. I wish I had those pics. Keep posting your borescope pics and questions. I’m learning too.
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