Bought this LMT MRP 300BLK 10.5" barrel on TOS EE. The condition description in the listing said "new unfired, never mounted", and the price was right, so I pulled the trigger over the weekend, even though comms were initially a little spotty. I finally picked up the box this morning from my PO Box.
Up front admission: shame on me for buying there. I promise I won't do it again.
Anyway, what I found inside the box has me puzzled. There are mounting/use marks & scratches all over the outside of the barrel extension, flash hider and gas block, so I know the "never mounted" part is a bald faced lie. There is debris (powder fouling?) in the barrel, and some corrosion on the gas block in front of the end of the gas tube. The rifling looks good, but I don't have a bore scope. Mysteriously, the feed ramps themselves look untouched. What I'm most concerned about is the area around the lugs. Is that corrosion or pitting? It doesn't look similar to other MRP barrels I have.
Attachment 48108Attachment 48109Attachment 48110Attachment 48111Attachment 48113
To those who know what they're looking at better than me, should I be concerned (and try to reverse the transaction), or should I just chalk it up to experience and use the barrel as is? Many thanks.
Bookmarks