Our nitro engine had severe scuffing like your picture; only worse. We solved that with extra piston to wall clearance. The pistons have less mass in the up-and/down direction than they do sideways across the pin bosses. So when the pistons are getting heated, they ovalize from unequal temperatures and get tighter at inboard and outboard edges.
Eric
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