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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Barrel Flute Finish
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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 656368" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>A barrel maker in California some years ago air gaged some finished button rifled barrels he fluted. The gage showed a groove diameter bump at each end of the flute and the groove diameter was bigger under the flute. With finished hammer forged barrels it was the opposite; same flute end bumps but smaller groove diameters under the flute. Cut rifled barrels ready to shoot but fluted had little change in their groove diameters, but they did change.</p><p></p><p>One other barrel maker says he flutes barrels 'cause his customers want them that way and he makes an extra few dozen bucks per barrel. But he prefers not to if accuracy's important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 656368, member: 5302"] A barrel maker in California some years ago air gaged some finished button rifled barrels he fluted. The gage showed a groove diameter bump at each end of the flute and the groove diameter was bigger under the flute. With finished hammer forged barrels it was the opposite; same flute end bumps but smaller groove diameters under the flute. Cut rifled barrels ready to shoot but fluted had little change in their groove diameters, but they did change. One other barrel maker says he flutes barrels 'cause his customers want them that way and he makes an extra few dozen bucks per barrel. But he prefers not to if accuracy's important. [/QUOTE]
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