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Sorry, the gun is a 1974 NMSBH.

Inspecting the forcing cone with a bright light shows pretty bad machine marks or gouges running across the lands. They can be felt when a scribe is drawn across them. Can't believe I had this gun for 40 years and never saw them before. The leading is probably due to the machine marks being...

I put a 50 cal ball the whole way through the clean bore and measured 0.4285-0.4288. Some resistance was noted at threads. Recleaned bore with brass wool on brass brush and got 0.4286-0.4287 on second ball whole way, again noting resistance at threads. The third ball was stopped short of...

The gun is a NM Super BH 44 mag made in 1974. The gun always leads up when shooting cast bullets. A 0.432 pin gauge goes in all chambers from the front, so I assume big throats are causing the leading. The gun has the high luster blueing, so I don't want to send it back to Ruger and get a new...