Fluted Carbon Fiber Barrel

[venatic]

I picked up my Horizon Firearms 300 WSM yesterday.
It’s a switch barrel and I wanted a shorter barrel for an elk hunt this Fall.
Hope to get rounds down it tomorrow.

 

[lancetkenyon]

That is wicked looking.
I think a rifle should be accurate, AND attractive. You definitely have the attractive down. Can't wait to see the accurate side of it.

 

[Danny1788]

Would that hurt the CF around the barrel and make it weaker?

 

[venatic]

This barrel is a larger diameter barrel than my 6.5 PRC Proof CF so I doubt it’s weaker overall.
Based on ladder testing it shoots well enough.
Last 3 shots of ladder were inch group at 334 yards

 

[FIGJAM]

That intermittent fluting looks sick brother!

 

[JJMoody]

Which CF bbl is that? I think the HCAs can be machined. Never seen one fluted though. That’s awesome.

 

[sable tireur]

This barrel is a larger diameter barrel than my 6.5 PRC Proof CF so I doubt it’s weaker overall.

Examine the photograph carefully and you'll see that the CF wrap is very thin when compared to the CF applied to a Proof barrel. It apparently is more for the effect than lightening the barrel significantly.

 

[Buxndiverdux]

Examine the photograph carefully and you'll see that the CF wrap is very thin when compared to the CF applied to a Proof barrel. It apparently is more for the effect than lightening the barrel significantly.

You sure it isn’t painted? I have no clue?

 

[sable tireur]

You sure it isn’t painted? I have no clue?

Maybe not painted but dipped possibly. I can't get enough resolution from the existing photograph to be certain although there appears to be more thickness to the 'CF' than a few thousandths from film dipping. Who knows?

 

[Deleted member 103481]

Need more pics.

 

[venatic]

It’s a Proof Carbon Fiber “Sendero” that has been fluted. Then cerakote painted.

Look here

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzePYoWFH9y/?igshid=kd7p6y8fjeoq

 

[venatic]

Another pic...
The barrel laying in the fore ground is the 6.5 PRC Proof barrel that goes to this switch barrel.

 

[Recon$$]

What bipod is that, mounted on a swivel stud?

 

[venatic]

It’s a Accu-TAC mounted to rail via QD