You can see the bend while looking down the bore. Even my neighbors wife and my fiance, when told to look down the bore, imediately identified the bend. When compared to another barrel there is definately something wrong.
I have only shot the gun 3 or 4 times since I got it in November. My range does not allow any rapid fire (and they are happy to remind you about it if you forget) so mag dump is out of the question. The barrel has never "smoked" like I've seen in mag dump videos. When shooting it was always suported by the hand guards, not the end of the barrel or anything like that. Gun has never been cased or stored in anything but a hard case with plenty of room and clamping force on all sides.
As you can see, I've eliminated all variables but a poorly crafted barrel.