Originally Posted by
cayugad
Do you use a bore guide? Some people do not use them. Then they use jags and other items like bore brushes and being not centered in the bore they do run the risk of rubbing that jag or brush against the side of the bore.
Another thing to check is the straightness of your range rod, ramrod, or cleaning rod. I have also seen jag head bend. So check all of them items. If they are crooked, replace them. Jags normally bend at the thread in part because as they roll out of place, we put a lot of pressure on the treads. This could have scratched your bore.
I personally would think it has always been there, it is not a danger, and it appears the rifle shoots fine. But this is something to keep in mind when you clean and swab the rifle.
Dave, what's a (Bore Guide)?? I have never heard of one. Also on my older CVA Hunterbolt Mag I also had 2 groves on the inside of my barrel about mabey an inch long on opposite sides. I noticed them one day and thought they were just carbon build up or something, anyway they never came out and I thought nothing of it and just keep using the MLer and it always shot great groups.
So Im also thinking that mabey while cleaning I scraped the inside of the barrel with my (cleaning jag) and it caused the scrapes, would a (bore guide) help to keep this from happening again? I really have no ther clue as to how the scrapes got there.
Thank's, Ron
(BP)