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How did the clean bore look? Any shiny gray areas?
Maybe you need to polish the forcing cone?
Have you slugged the barrel to be sure there is no tight spot where the barrel enters the frame?
Really doesn't sound like any problem at all, but just in case: for revolvers, you usually need a bullet that is a snug slip-fit in the cylinder's throats and is at least 0.001" over the actual barrel groove diameter.
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The bore looks uniform once cleaned. It has never been the mirror finish of my CZ or Astra barrels, though. Even when I bought it new. It is shiny, but not to a mirror like finish.
I've never polished anything and I probably won't: no gunsmith, me!!
I did slug the barrel way back when I'd bought these lead bullets on a whim due to the good price. I'd have to did up the thread about that on here, but I remember that the bore had been borderline suitable for these bullets so I'd be walking a fine like. It was .429 exactly.
I don't recall any tight spots in the bore. Once in the muzzle, the slug went smoothly down until the popped out of the forcing cone.