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Originally Posted by PainterlyShotgroup
Okay so here are some close up shots of what I am talking about. I talked with Smith and Wesson and they felt it was probably just copper fouling, but to send them pictures so they can see if the barrel needs refinishing or not. I still haven't tried copper solvent yet, but I will, I wanted to get pics taken first. Bear in mind that this is a brand new rifle. I haven't fired it yet. It's only been test fired at the factory.
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That appears to be minor copper fouling. My advice would be, don't sweat it. If the rifle were mine, I'd go give it a "proper" break-in. That would probably consist of 300 or so rounds, mostly rapid fire, lol.