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Short Barrel .308 Weight Savings and Ballistics
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<blockquote data-quote="jlarose85" data-source="post: 2427344" data-attributes="member: 113450"><p>Thanks for the info. I'll have to give them a call and see what their capability is. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yea, I didn't realize fluting after the fact would be such an issue but it does make sense with the stress relieving and heat treating that has to be done when the barrel is manufactured initially. I might just have to deal with the extra weight of not being able to flute for a while until I'm ready to rebarrel it and just take what I can get by chopping some length off. When I'm ready to rebarrel I might just go with a 16.5" Proof and call it done but I need to do some more research on steel barrel contours and weights because I definitely wouldn't have a problem with a fluted steel barrel for half the price as long as it was decently close to the weight of the Proof.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jlarose85, post: 2427344, member: 113450"] Thanks for the info. I’ll have to give them a call and see what their capability is. Yea, I didn’t realize fluting after the fact would be such an issue but it does make sense with the stress relieving and heat treating that has to be done when the barrel is manufactured initially. I might just have to deal with the extra weight of not being able to flute for a while until I’m ready to rebarrel it and just take what I can get by chopping some length off. When I’m ready to rebarrel I might just go with a 16.5” Proof and call it done but I need to do some more research on steel barrel contours and weights because I definitely wouldn’t have a problem with a fluted steel barrel for half the price as long as it was decently close to the weight of the Proof. [/QUOTE]
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