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Gunsmithing Question about marks on shoulder/neck and bore shoulder

Mumbles76

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I have myself an AR-10 in 6.5creed (not suppressed). This batch is factory 120g Hornary ELDM.

No real issues to speak of, but i was looking at my brass today and noticed a few things...

1. Using the borescope, i noticed a rather sharp gouge on the shoulder of the chamber. See screenshots.
2. All my brass has this mark on the neck and uneven burn around the neck.

Is this anything to be concerned about? This is my first big rifle - so i don't have any body of knowledge on what it should look like. And i was going through the mechanics in my head and thinking, what is making that dent in the neck of the casing and i came up short.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Video link showing my casings:

 

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1) The dents on the shoulder appear to be from the brass hitting the brass deflector while being ejected. This is pretty common on AR rifles. Depending on the exact rifle and it's specific timing, those dents won't always be in the same place but they are typically in that area. I suspect the scratches on the neck are similarly ejection related.

2) It appears to me that the area you have photographed with the bore scope images shows part of the leade and the start of the lands and grooves of barrel. On a 6.5CM, this area is well in front of where the brass reaches as the 6.5CM has a pretty long leade. The streaks I see in the leade area look like maybe a little bit of carbon build up that escaped your cleaning. They look very thin and not significant.

I don't think you have any problems. Looks like pretty normal ejection marks and a slight amount of fouling in the leade area. A little uneven carbon on the outside of the neck is normal as well. There is always a little bit of filth that slips out before the pressure in the case builds to the point that it is effectively adhered to the chamber walls.