I just purchased a brand new Bergara B14 HMR in 6.5 creed. Upon getting home I was inspecting the barrel and discovered what looks like a lot of metal shavings and possible burring near the muzzle. Is this something that is concerning or is this from the machining process? I can see brass fouling from the test fire so I would have thought all the shavings would be blown out from that.
New Bergara with metal shavings in barrel
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why you should clean it before you shoot it
don't sweat it, clean it and shoot it, then see what it does... can't put the cart in front of the horse.
don't sweat it, clean it and shoot it, then see what it does... can't put the cart in front of the horse.
You should never shoot a factory new rifle without cleaning out the bore first. Have you ever had a good look at a factory floor? Factory rifles are not assembled in clean rooms.
Looks to me like they recut the crown. Probably had some damage or didn’t shoot well during test fire so they went back and cleaned it up. Clean everything before you shoot it, and it should be fine.
This is exactly what I was thinking or maybe this is from when they cut the threads in the end of the barrel. Thank you for giving a helpful response other than clean it.
"Clean it" is a helpful response if the purchaser of a new firearm does not know to do so.
- I've seen new firearms with so much grease glop in the barrel that major overpressure on first shot was a certainty without cleaning.
- I've also seen new gun owners "clean" and "lubricate" their firearms with WD-40.
- I stopped a new 12-gauge Remington 1100 owner from loading yellow shells into the magazine along with red ones.
- I stopped a guy at his first skeet tournament from loading 3" .410 shells into a borrowed skeet gun with sub-gauge tubes chambered for 2.5" target loads.
- And the guy who thought he could get the stuck wad out of his grandfather's beautiful L.C. Smith double by just shooting it out with another shell.
"Clean it and shoot it" is incredibly helpful because it is exactly what should be done
Necropost, forgive me.
I went to run a boresnake through my new Bergara b14r before shooting it the first time. I couldn't get the brass weight through. I pulled it back out the breach and it was coated in a thick, yellow-brown grease. Thicker than bacon grease thick. I pushed it out with a patch and there was a plug of metal shavings in the bore big enough to cover the muzzle and spill plenty on the bench. I ran the bore snake through twice and threw it away.
Always clean the bores of new guns and barrels.
I went to run a boresnake through my new Bergara b14r before shooting it the first time. I couldn't get the brass weight through. I pulled it back out the breach and it was coated in a thick, yellow-brown grease. Thicker than bacon grease thick. I pushed it out with a patch and there was a plug of metal shavings in the bore big enough to cover the muzzle and spill plenty on the bench. I ran the bore snake through twice and threw it away.
Always clean the bores of new guns and barrels.
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