[cmonti77]

Hello-

I was shooting my SRH 480 last week and noticed what appears to scape marks on the inside of barrel just past the forcing cone. Is this something I should worry about?

For reference, I fired 30 rounds of ammo through it, 12 rounds of Speer 325 grain semi jacketed lead nose, 12 rounds of Hornady 400 grain jacked hollow point, and 6 rounds of CorBon 275 grain leadless hollow points. The revolver is a July 2011 manufacture that I had bought NIB, but never fired until now.

Here is a picture of the inside of the barrel:

 

[gstephens]

Looks like copper jacket fouling where the bullet takes the lands. May be a rough spot!

 

[bwinters]

Try hard cast lead and see what happens.