Nickel Plated
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Bought a new Uberti 1858 Remington replica from Dixie Gun Works a few days ago. As soon as I got it I took it all down to the springs and screws to clean the packing grease out. And do a bit of polishing and stoning on the lockwork to clean up the kinda gritty action. When cleaning I noticed some spots in the bore that didn't seem to come out upon first cleaning. Figured it was just some crud that needed a few more passes with a brush but I was in a bit of a rush to get somewhere so left it for another day. Today I finally got around to cleaning it some more, no good. Still there. Upon closer inspection with a flashlight.....
I'm afraid those are about as good a photo as I could get with my cellphone.
But it looks like the edges of the rifling are chipped in some places and there are marks down the bore that look like scratches, though they might even be small cracks. I'm having a hard time telling.
Haven't got to shoot it yet and probably won't for a while. No good ranges nearby that I can go to so going shooting is something I have to devote the better part of a day to and right now my finances would be better used elsewhere.
Not sure if I want to go through the trouble of shipping it back for a replacement, or just go shoot it and see if it causes any problems. Beside's I've kinda passed Dixie's 5 day limit on returns so at this point it would be entirely up to them whether they want to take it or not. And I'm guessing not since I screwed with the action a bit.
I do intend to do a .38Spl cartridge conversion on the gun that will involve either lining the barrel or replacing it with a factory Uberti conversion barrel, so again not sure it'd be worth it to bother replacing over a barrel I'm not likely to keep that long anyway. The rest of the gun looks fine.
Just wondering if you guys think this might be a serious issue that would effect accuracy to any noticable degree.
I'm afraid those are about as good a photo as I could get with my cellphone.
But it looks like the edges of the rifling are chipped in some places and there are marks down the bore that look like scratches, though they might even be small cracks. I'm having a hard time telling.
Haven't got to shoot it yet and probably won't for a while. No good ranges nearby that I can go to so going shooting is something I have to devote the better part of a day to and right now my finances would be better used elsewhere.
Not sure if I want to go through the trouble of shipping it back for a replacement, or just go shoot it and see if it causes any problems. Beside's I've kinda passed Dixie's 5 day limit on returns so at this point it would be entirely up to them whether they want to take it or not. And I'm guessing not since I screwed with the action a bit.
I do intend to do a .38Spl cartridge conversion on the gun that will involve either lining the barrel or replacing it with a factory Uberti conversion barrel, so again not sure it'd be worth it to bother replacing over a barrel I'm not likely to keep that long anyway. The rest of the gun looks fine.
Just wondering if you guys think this might be a serious issue that would effect accuracy to any noticable degree.
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