For you folks with new revolvers with few or no rounds shot...do the rifling grooves appear to be polished almost mirror like where the bore or lands are a satin like finish? With my bore light in there the grooves have a mirror like finish!

Was looking at the bore of my M69 that I just got back from S&W repair where they replaced the barrel and I don't remember the original rifling looking that well finished/polished in the grooves. From looking at the cylinder at least 5 rounds were fired.

The slickest looking rifling I have seen on a stock factory barrel...hope it shoots as great as it looks!!

My 327 came back with all 8 charge holes fired. The lands and grooves look sharp, but mine has copper on them at the moment. I agree th bore looks good on mine.

Here are a couple of pictures. I haven't cleaned the barrel and it looks better than the pics show.

A clean barrel will look different than a dirty one. Spend some time with a good cleaning kit and then look down the bore.