New Savage 220 Dirty Barrel?

[NHSavage]

I just bought a blued version of the 220 and just noticed how dirty the inside of the barrel is. Looks like it has fired a few rounds. However, the bolt and action show no proof of this?

I have cleaned out out barrel grease from several new guns but this looks and smells like burned residue. Is this possibly from the bluing process when they heat it up?

[eview326]

Noticed the same thing when looking down the barrel of my new 220. Doesn't smell of burned residue but does have a good amount of grease present. If you every get one with a clean bore, that's when you should get worried.

[J.Baker]

Savage test fires every firearm at the factory, both with a proof load and a couple standard loads for function testing of the feeding, extracting and ejecting.

[1raggedhole76]

Yep, good guns get test fired!