Barrel - Carbon vs. Fluted vs. ?

[Rick Richard]

I ended up going carbon to get the diameter for a supressor without the weight penalty. I've done fluted in the past as well and the cost wasn't that much different.

Ironic you should post this since this is exactly what I did today. Purchased my first can and made a change to a current build from fluted #3 barrel to a CF barrel.

 

[THE1LAF]

I skimmed through this thread, but I went fluted over Carbon due to lead times... Only to find out it didn't matter because my action still hasn't shown up yet after 18 weeks..

6.5PRC, 20" K&P Rem Varmint, 1" shank, "Pattern X" fluting, all done by Long Rifles Inc. in less than 2 weeks from order to ship date.
Weight: 1190g / 2lbs 10oz

 

[In_Him]

@ Sneuses,..
THIS,.. ^^^^ aka,.. WHAT's really to, .."Gain" ???
Answer,.. Lighten up, your Bank account and, Boost your Ego because,.. they're "Trendy" !
IF, you ain't Huntin' with, an Expensive "Custom" Rifle,.. you ain't,.. Huntin' ,.. LOL

WOW,.'(/)/&@& ^^^^drt,….'.?•*^ DIDn,t "realize" I made all my choices to "stroke…., my "EGO"…, and 2 B "trendy".

Typing like this is crazy difficult. Especially with my trendy iPhone and autocorrect. This actually took a lot of effort. The things we do whilst on the toilet.

 

[7mm man]

I skimmed through this thread, but I went fluted over Carbon due to lead times... Only to find out it didn't matter because my action still hasn't shown up yet after 18 weeks..

6.5PRC, 20" K&P Rem Varmint, 1" shank, "Pattern X" fluting, all done by Long Rifles Inc. in less than 2 weeks from order to ship date.
Weight: 1190g / 2lbs 10oz
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Impressive lead time for the barrel. What action did you go with? Wonder if the left hand option is causing the long lead time.

 

[THE1LAF]

Impressive lead time for the barrel. What action did you go with? Wonder if the left hand option is causing the long lead time.

I ordered a Terminus Zeus Short Action(only because the HNT26 isn't available in LH LA) & QC barrel tenon.
Joel had standard thread LH SA's sitting on the shelf, but I thought the QC would have better versatility if I decided to go different route, 300wsm, 8.6 blk, etc. & I like tinkering with stuff. The Idea I could assemble the rifle in my living room appealed to me.
Only if I knew the "6-10 week lead time" was a fallacy.

 

[DirtNap35]

IMO I will only buy ss barrel. With my carbon barrel the barrel gets hot around 5 shots. With my Bartelin 3B I can shoot 12–15 times before I need to let it cool. I have a suppressor on my carbon, it whips so **** bad I can't spot any hits. With ss barrel you can flute it and cerakote giving you a lot of custom options over plain carbon.