Welding Rod
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Does Winchester Lap New M70 Barrels?
I bought a new .30-06 M70 Sporter. I decided to run an oily patch through the barrel and it felt like the barrel was full of sand. The first 1/2 dozen or so patches out the bore had a substantial residue on them that looked like either a red lapping compound or powdery fine red rust. There were no large particles.
I did not find normal fouling like you expect to find in a gun after test firing, just the red stuff. And the bore required more patches than any bore I have ever cleaned.
I have never seen a new out of the box gun with so much residue in the bore. Weird really. The rest of the gun looks perfect, so I am not too inclined to to think it is rust, but it is about the same color.
Another weird thing is I also bought a new M70 Featherweight .270 within a week of the sporter and it had non of the red residue what-so-ever, but had obviously been test fired.
Anyways, sound like lapping compound?
I bought a new .30-06 M70 Sporter. I decided to run an oily patch through the barrel and it felt like the barrel was full of sand. The first 1/2 dozen or so patches out the bore had a substantial residue on them that looked like either a red lapping compound or powdery fine red rust. There were no large particles.
I did not find normal fouling like you expect to find in a gun after test firing, just the red stuff. And the bore required more patches than any bore I have ever cleaned.
I have never seen a new out of the box gun with so much residue in the bore. Weird really. The rest of the gun looks perfect, so I am not too inclined to to think it is rust, but it is about the same color.
Another weird thing is I also bought a new M70 Featherweight .270 within a week of the sporter and it had non of the red residue what-so-ever, but had obviously been test fired.
Anyways, sound like lapping compound?