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barrel fluting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sflutes" data-source="post: 1574617" data-attributes="member: 106464"><p>Fluting allows a barrel to have a larger radius for a given weight, and a larger radius makes a stiffer barrel.</p><p></p><p>However, where people screw this up is thinking that they can take a barrel of a given radius, flute it and make it stiffer. That isn't the case, as when you remove metal you make the barrel less stiff. Period.</p><p></p><p>Fluting makes a barrel lighter, but fluting ALWAYS makes the barrel less stiff than it was before it was fluted.</p><p></p><p>In addition, any time you flute a barrel you are changing the stresses in a barrel and unless the barrel is properly stress relieved you might not like the end result.</p><p></p><p>If you have a good barrel that shoots well, leave it alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sflutes, post: 1574617, member: 106464"] Fluting allows a barrel to have a larger radius for a given weight, and a larger radius makes a stiffer barrel. However, where people screw this up is thinking that they can take a barrel of a given radius, flute it and make it stiffer. That isn't the case, as when you remove metal you make the barrel less stiff. Period. Fluting makes a barrel lighter, but fluting ALWAYS makes the barrel less stiff than it was before it was fluted. In addition, any time you flute a barrel you are changing the stresses in a barrel and unless the barrel is properly stress relieved you might not like the end result. If you have a good barrel that shoots well, leave it alone. [/QUOTE]
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