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Barrel - Carbon vs. Fluted vs. ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Roughrice" data-source="post: 2937631" data-attributes="member: 118657"><p>FWIW:</p><p></p><p>I had a Smith custom build a lightweight 280AI with a 2b Bartlein.</p><p>In the plan was to send it off to a very reputable place to be fluted and it turned out very handy and balanced great.</p><p></p><p>After extensive load development and 146 rounds thru the pipe, I never could get it to shoot as good as a Bartlein barrel should.</p><p>So, I called Bartlein and spoke to a great CS guy. After a detailed Q&A session, he asked me how deep the flutes were and said if they were more than xx thousanths deep they couldn't warrant the barrel. I measured and naturally mine were a couple thousanths over their limit for warranty.</p><p> I told him who fluted it and he said they did great work but must have missed the measurements on depth of cut.</p><p>I sold the barrel afterwards.</p><p>Fluting is pretty but realized that 6 straight flutes on a thin profile barrel doesn't save that much weight after all and isn't worth the risk of barrel integrity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roughrice, post: 2937631, member: 118657"] FWIW: I had a Smith custom build a lightweight 280AI with a 2b Bartlein. In the plan was to send it off to a very reputable place to be fluted and it turned out very handy and balanced great. After extensive load development and 146 rounds thru the pipe, I never could get it to shoot as good as a Bartlein barrel should. So, I called Bartlein and spoke to a great CS guy. After a detailed Q&A session, he asked me how deep the flutes were and said if they were more than xx thousanths deep they couldn't warrant the barrel. I measured and naturally mine were a couple thousanths over their limit for warranty. I told him who fluted it and he said they did great work but must have missed the measurements on depth of cut. I sold the barrel afterwards. Fluting is pretty but realized that 6 straight flutes on a thin profile barrel doesn't save that much weight after all and isn't worth the risk of barrel integrity. [/QUOTE]
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