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Spiral fluting is NOT allowed by barrel manufacturers
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<blockquote data-quote="Kennibear" data-source="post: 963172" data-attributes="member: 51650"><p>Just a poor old carpenter from Boise ID here but I have a question for the engineers out there, especially anyone with a background the thermodynamics of steel:</p><p></p><p>Since the flutes are in a radial pattern around the barrel and that pattern is spiraled around the length of the barrel, when the steel expands from the heat of shooting would not the spiral flutes induce a twist to the barrel winding it up as it were? Since the steel in the flutes are homogeneous to the barrel only on one surface the flutes would be acting as rods wrapped around the barrel, yes?</p><p></p><p>A barrel that twists as it heats up sounds like bad ju ju....</p><p></p><p>KB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kennibear, post: 963172, member: 51650"] Just a poor old carpenter from Boise ID here but I have a question for the engineers out there, especially anyone with a background the thermodynamics of steel: Since the flutes are in a radial pattern around the barrel and that pattern is spiraled around the length of the barrel, when the steel expands from the heat of shooting would not the spiral flutes induce a twist to the barrel winding it up as it were? Since the steel in the flutes are homogeneous to the barrel only on one surface the flutes would be acting as rods wrapped around the barrel, yes? A barrel that twists as it heats up sounds like bad ju ju.... KB [/QUOTE]
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