Another Ruger BH question

[336a]

The other day I went to the range with my Ruger .41 BH and as is customary I cleaned the revolver when I returned (I'm anal retentive about clean firearms). It apeared that I had a stuborn lead deposit in one of the chambers just before the throat. So I decided to just swab it really good with CLP and hit it again the next day, this always works for me.

The next day I went after it again. This time I looked a lot closer at this one offending chamber. What I had mistaken as leading the day prior was in fact something else entirely. When I held the cylinder up in bright sunlight and looked at it, it is a perfect symetrical line all the around the chamber It appears to be a tooling mark to my untrained eye, I have no idea why I never caught this before. I was wondering if this line is where the cartridge case mouth lies in the chamber. So I took a piece of unprimed virgin Starline brass and placed it in the chamber.

I used my mag light and peered into the chamber to see where the mouth of the case layed in relation to the offending line. I found that the line is a few hundredths/thousandths of an inch behind the case mouth. This defect does not appear to have any adverse effects however it is very disconcerting to me. So I have a rear sight that has to be adjusted way right to hit POA/POI and now this. Is this type of defect another common occurrence that is frequent in Ruger firearms?

I really like this revolver and it is fast becoming my favorite, but dang when I spend hard earned money on something I expect it to be right.

[Thunderjet]

OK, you need to adjust the sight to get it to hit where you want. And now you found a tool mark in one of the chambers.

Sounds like you are happy with how it shoots so just enjoy it. Is it easy to eject a fired case? Afterall, that is why the sights are adjustable. Doesnt mean there is anything wrong. When my son and I shoot the same revolver the sights have to be moved a bunch. Different holds, how you look at the sights, etc all help determine where they hit.

[2 Dogs]

That was a well put answer. Correct and to the point. We won't tell anyone about your funky tool mark if you promise not to sweat it and just enjoy your sixgun! :-)