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Old 06-29-2012, 03:55 PM
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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.

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.
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