rifle chamber scratching brass

[sapperJ24]

Looking for thoughts on how to remedy this problem. I thought (hoped) it would go away on its own, and that has not happened. Every piece of brass comes out scratched up, sometimes the scratch is deep enough that I would consider it a gouge as you can catch your nail on it. I picked up a borescope to see what was going on and there's some pretty decent gouges in the chamber.

What is the best way to get this chamber cleaned up? Am I good to keep using the brass with gouges, keeping an eye on them of course? Does this have an impact on accuracy?

 

[Caseknife]

Have a gunsmith polish the chamber if you are not comfortable doing it. I personally wouldn't worry about the brass, maybe run it through a tumbler and see what it looks like afterwards.

 

[EastTNHunter]

New rifle? I’d get with the mfg about sending it back for them to fix it if so

 

[220yotekiller]

Echoing EastTNHunter, is it new? If so have the company fix it, if not that should be an easy fix for a gunsmith.

 

[sapperJ24]

New rifle? I’d get with the mfg about sending it back for them to fix it if so

Probably not new enough anymore. I should have reached out earlier.

 

[Dan-06]

Take a fired case, resize it and make it a little smaller. Drill out primer and then thread it. Put a bolt in the threaded hole. Chuck up in a drill. Put very fine lapping compound on the case. Then insert and spin. Do small amounts. Clean very, very well when done.

 

[buffybr]

On one of my hunts in Mozambique the other hunter in camp was sighting in the camp .30-06.

I picked up several of the fired cases and noticed that they all had a same dent in the body of the cases. I pointed that out to the Outfitter and told him that there was a rust spot in the chamber.

He looked at me kind of funny, then looked in the chamber and could see the rust, then gave the rifle a good cleaning.