Decided to give the 111XP a good cleaning after a range trip. Used Wipe out and after inspecting the barrel, I discovered a black ring in the barrel about 1/2 inch from the muzzle. Ring is concentric and dark in color about 1/32 wide. Broke out the J-B Bore Paste and Kroil and gave it a few strokes. Still there...

Bought this gun last year and has been shooting the 1 inch mark @ 100 if I do my part with 150 Sierra pro hunters. I have about 80 rounds down the tube.

So... Anyone else seen this???

The big question... Don't worry about and shoot the crap out of it? Send it back to Savage?

And I though Thompson Center was bad on barrels...