Just got my first gun and was reading how important it is to not damage the crown of the barrel. I was cleaning the barrel with a cleaning rod and brass head. After getting the bristles through the opening of the crown, the part where the brush head and the rod meet hit the crown on the barrel. I don

It will fill with lead, can't really see anything.

Did you use a steel rod? What're you doing cleaning a .22 anyway Just kidding, I think I see a small bit of the coating maybe colored silvery for some reason bet 12 &1 o'clock, are you sureits a ding in the crown and not something cme off your(aluminum) pistol cleaning rod?

It was a brass brush. I compared this to another picture someone posted of there brand new gun on another board and it looked exactly the same.

Are you talking about right at 8 O'clock?

Yeah near 8 O'clock and between 12 and 1 O'clock. I don't think it's anything, just wanted to know what you guys thought.

I really dont see anything that takes away from it.

Thanks Maksim, just what I wanted to hear from an expert. Makes me feel a whole lot better.

Well.... I do see it. But from the pic I just cant tell if its just the coating or actual damage. Id have to see it in person. If your groups turn into shotgun patterns well... you know why.

Looks perfect to me..but if there's a little ding there, just shoot it out !

Shoot it and check the carbon pattern around the muzzle. It should be symmetrical. Then buy one of these: http://patchworm.com/

Thanks Maksim, just what I wanted to hear from an expert. Makes me feel a whole lot better.

 

 

Who told you Maks was an expert?

Do yourself a favor if you are going to be (excuse me)anal with that pistol.

Fold up a rag, put it on a table, push the muzzle into the rag and clean the pistol from the breach using only a jag, solvent and a patch. Never let the jag go past the crown. Abandon the brush and the pistol will never have a damaged or worn crown. I have been cleaning my Anschutz match rifle like this for ever and it is like new.

Thanks for the tip old school

Its VERY dangerous! You can send it to me, I'll do ya the favor of disposing of it properly

 

Seriously though, it is true that the crown is critical BUT if there is any damage, its very minor. And, its not a 1,000 yard rifle. You can always use white out on your muzzle, fire a few rounds make sure the soot is symetrical

It takes more than once to damage a crown...Just be careful from now on.

Does an ever so small nick in the crown of a 22 pistol that is not a $2000 free pistol matter, probably not but in general 1 single nick is sufficient to damage a crown and cause accuracy issues.

It takes more than once to damage a crown...Just be careful from now on.

 

 

Untrue. More than one microscopic nic, sure, but if you drop it muzzle down on a rock or something and you gouge the crap out of the muzzle your done!

That's true, but the poster was asking about a cleaning rod damaging the crown.