Please help

Beretta boy

Hi I recently purchest a beretta a300 outlander it is a brand new gun but the barrel scratches very easy and it really botheres me so can anyone tell me is there anything do like send the barrel and receiver away to get sprayed so there will be no scratches on it and if so what is that process called and what price would it caust thanks

EWQuinn

Funny, here in the US the ads for that gun include "wear resistent finish". First, what is causing the scratches, carrying it in the field, contact with the safe, or other guns in the safe, storing it in the truck? Assume you have a decent gun case to transport it in?

Aluminum receiver, steel barrel, not sure of the type of finish, but these days folks are painting almost everything. I have scratches on steel surfaces of some guns and I just used cold blue touch up, worked fine. I spray painted an aluminum forearm of a gun that got scratched pretty bad due to mishap. It may not be that durable, but looks really good and it won't get abused very often.

If its new and the finish wears too easily, perhaps the dealer or Beretta will do something for you. I'm sure there's a shop that could apply a new finish, but might cost a bit.

Beretta boy

Ye the scratches are from almost any light contact like the brass from schells, or practically anything hard and I just naught the gun 2 days ago because I wanted something that can shoot allot without overheating. Because I already have a beretta ultralight delux. Thank you for contacting me back.

Vegeta

Often I find light contact from brass does not actually scratch the surface but leaves a mark as if you were drawing on it with a brass coloured colouring pencil. Find traditional gun belts a pain in the ass for this because the cartridge rim protrudes out front right where the firearm may rest. I wear the belts backwards these days as a result (find it better for balance too as holding a long firearm out ahead of your body AND having cartridges out the front of your body adds 2 weights to the front trying pull you off balance)

Have found a rub of an oil soaked cloth did wonders for these brass marks.

I think the non reflective coatings by their nature are rougher and therefore contaminants like dirt or muck stick to those surfaces more easily than traditional blued barrels.

Beretta boy

All of the scratches are from the brass it looks like a brass coloring pencil collected on it how do u get rid of them

Vegeta

Two ways to get rid of them. Prevention and Cleaning.

Prevention, if you have any brass buttons or fittings on your shooting clothing make sure they are closed properly. Wear the gun belt backwards so the cart rims are not rubbing on the gun anywhere (mind the buckle too). Avoid rubbing cartridge rims on receiver when loading.

Cleaning, a rag dampened with gun oil usually does the trick for me on receiver and barrel. If it's a new gun it will have come with some beretta brand oil. That's fine for the job. I don't generally bother on the under side of the receiver because putting cartridges in and out of there hundreds and thousands of times is going to cause wear marks anyway.

Saying that I bought a semi auto so I wouldn't have to keep it clean and pristine. I clean it about once a year or if it gets badly soaked in rain water.