pitting in my pistol barrel

[vinay singh]

hi friends, noticed very slight pitting in my pistol barrel while cleaning it.would like to know ,could it be gotten rid off ?would it effect the efficiancy of the weapon,or should i leave it like that

[xl_target]

If it is pitting, there isn't much that you can do about it. If the pitting is in the crown area of the muzzle, it might affect accuracy. In most cases, you aren't going to see an appreciable difference in accuracy at the distances that pistols are usually shot at.
To prevent further occurrence of rust in the barrel, just make sure you keep the inside of your barrel oiled. Use an oil dampened patch for that. All you have to do it run a dry patch through it before shooting. If you aren't going to fire the gun for a long time, periodically run an oil dampened patch through the barrel as some light oils can actually evaporate away.

[The Doc]

Did you buy that Beretta recently ?

Rp.

[gurinder]

I tried a solution called Evapo Rust which was available locally. It cleans the bore considerably. I plugged one end of my rifle & filled the bore with the solution, left it for 24 hrs. It may not cure strong pitting though

[GreenBeret]

hi friends, noticed very slight pitting in my pistol barrel while cleaning it.would like to know ,could it be gotten rid off ?would it effect the efficiancy of the weapon,or should i leave it like that

Where on the barrel is the rust and pitting? On the cone at the muzzle end, between it and the chamber, on the face of the muzzle itself, or ?
If its on the cone you will need to be very careful not to remove any metal, as changing the dimensions of the cone will affect the lockup of the barrel to the slide and the gun's accuracy. If its on the muzzle, you need to be careful that you don't nick or damage the crown in any way, as this will also affect the accuracy of the pistol.

To remove the rust, use WD40, or a good,light weight gun oil, and a bit of 0000 (that's Four-Ought") steel wool.

Wet the steel wool with the oil, and very gently rub in a random pattern (circles, figure 8's, lengthwise, widthwise, some of each will product the random pattern), wiping off the rust as the combination of oil and steel wool begin to remove it, and keeping the barrel wet with the oil anytime the steel wool is in contact with it.

It shouldn't take too much effort to remove the rust, the pits are there to stay unless you actually remove metal down to the bottom of the pit level, and that's not something you want to do on this pistol barrel, no matter where the rust or pits are.

If the barrel is blued, you can touch up the area when you are done with cold blue. If its in the white (bare steel) no other action is needed. If the barrel has been given a treatment like Armalloy, Robar Rogard, Black Ti, etc. then you may want to have it retreated if the area is going to be visible, just for cosmetic purposes. Otherwise just keep it lightly oiled and it will be fine.

would it effect the efficiancy of the weapon,or should i leave it like that

It reduces the barrel life time and may also effect accuracy. Better to cure that part.


Regards,
GB