JB111
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Hey all, new member to the forum.
I just bought a new desert eagle 50ae and I don't know if I have a problem or not..
I got it home, lubed it, shot it a few times using Hornady's 300gr hollow points, cleaned it, lubed the barrel for storage and then put it up. A few days later a friend of mine stops by and wants to try it out. I take it out, run a patch through the barrel to wipe out excess clp, then a snake for good measure. He shoots it a few times using the same ammo and after he leaves I clean it, spray some clp in the barrel and run a few patches to wipe off excess and that's when I notice it.
There is a lump on the outside of the barrel. It is on both sides, but more prominent on the right side so that is the side I took pictures of. The bump is not all the way around, just on the sides. Thinking the barrel was bulged I start looking at the bore, there is no ring or anything that would be indicative of a bulge, nice clean and smooth through and through. No apparent defects.
I have another desert eagle and it does not have any lumps and a friend who has one checked his and he does not have any either, so my question is this, is my barrel bulged or is it a manufacturing defect of some sort or just the way it was made and I'm overthinking it?
I just bought a new desert eagle 50ae and I don't know if I have a problem or not..
I got it home, lubed it, shot it a few times using Hornady's 300gr hollow points, cleaned it, lubed the barrel for storage and then put it up. A few days later a friend of mine stops by and wants to try it out. I take it out, run a patch through the barrel to wipe out excess clp, then a snake for good measure. He shoots it a few times using the same ammo and after he leaves I clean it, spray some clp in the barrel and run a few patches to wipe off excess and that's when I notice it.
There is a lump on the outside of the barrel. It is on both sides, but more prominent on the right side so that is the side I took pictures of. The bump is not all the way around, just on the sides. Thinking the barrel was bulged I start looking at the bore, there is no ring or anything that would be indicative of a bulge, nice clean and smooth through and through. No apparent defects.
I have another desert eagle and it does not have any lumps and a friend who has one checked his and he does not have any either, so my question is this, is my barrel bulged or is it a manufacturing defect of some sort or just the way it was made and I'm overthinking it?