I just got a barrel in 17-222 in matte finish through a company that works with McGowen. I thought I was being very careful in the installation. I ran some painters tape along the top where I was sliding my barrel wrench. I also ran some painters tape around where my aluminum barrel vise bushing was to be place. It seems however in selecting the right size bushing and sliding it up the barrel I put some scratches on the barrel. They are not deep and some look more like marring but I would like to get rid of them. All I did at this point was ran a rag with Kroil and wiped down the barrel with no success. Do I need to have the barrel totally redone or is there a simpler fix. Help I am sort of bummed out at this point. I also have some other barrels in matte finish and they too have gotten some scratches over time. At this point I am thinking of sticking with plain stainless finish barrels and not matte.