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To flute or not to flute
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<blockquote data-quote="CBS" data-source="post: 551716" data-attributes="member: 11718"><p>here are a couple of ideas that may or may not be true:</p><p> </p><p>quote: "Fluting a finished rifle barrel makes it less rigid; you've removed some of the metal that made it as stiff as it was in the beginning. "</p><p> </p><p>that may be true. but structurally you could make a case for fluting actually increasing rigidity. (i better qualify this idea by saying that i am not an engineer and this is a point of supposition only)</p><p> </p><p>if you take a piece of paper and roll it up and apply presure across the formed tube the amount of pressure that it would take to disrupt the structural integrity of the "tube" would be less in comparison to taking a piece of paper and folding it back and forth into a "fan" and then applying pressure across the fan.</p><p> </p><p>this shape O has less structural integrity than this shape /\/\/\/\/\ (i understand that fluting is not a V shape it's typically more of a U or LI shape.)</p><p> </p><p>this is a very elementary comparison and is comparing very unlike materials but it kinda makes sense. anyone have the equipment and a couple of identical blanks they'd like to test my idea on?</p><p> </p><p>this post should not be confused with other internet FACTS. i am not stating this as fact merely pointing out that there MAY be something to the structure providing rigidity. </p><p> </p><p>also, if you compare 2 barrels: 1 fluted, one non-fluted of the same "weight" the fluted may be stronger due to the diameter being larger than the non because fluting a barrel reduces the weight so you would have to use a fluted barrel of a larger diameter to equal the weight of a non-fluted barrel. so.....you may get a stronger barrel for the amount of weight but maybe not a stronger barrel of the same diameter unless point #1 above proves true.</p><p> </p><p>also, if you buy a gun for $100 and sell it to your buddy for $200. then buy it back from your buddy for $300 and sell it to your other buddy for $400 how much money did you make?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CBS, post: 551716, member: 11718"] here are a couple of ideas that may or may not be true: quote: "Fluting a finished rifle barrel makes it less rigid; you've removed some of the metal that made it as stiff as it was in the beginning. " that may be true. but structurally you could make a case for fluting actually increasing rigidity. (i better qualify this idea by saying that i am not an engineer and this is a point of supposition only) if you take a piece of paper and roll it up and apply presure across the formed tube the amount of pressure that it would take to disrupt the structural integrity of the "tube" would be less in comparison to taking a piece of paper and folding it back and forth into a "fan" and then applying pressure across the fan. this shape O has less structural integrity than this shape /\/\/\/\/\ (i understand that fluting is not a V shape it's typically more of a U or LI shape.) this is a very elementary comparison and is comparing very unlike materials but it kinda makes sense. anyone have the equipment and a couple of identical blanks they'd like to test my idea on? this post should not be confused with other internet FACTS. i am not stating this as fact merely pointing out that there MAY be something to the structure providing rigidity. also, if you compare 2 barrels: 1 fluted, one non-fluted of the same "weight" the fluted may be stronger due to the diameter being larger than the non because fluting a barrel reduces the weight so you would have to use a fluted barrel of a larger diameter to equal the weight of a non-fluted barrel. so.....you may get a stronger barrel for the amount of weight but maybe not a stronger barrel of the same diameter unless point #1 above proves true. also, if you buy a gun for $100 and sell it to your buddy for $200. then buy it back from your buddy for $300 and sell it to your other buddy for $400 how much money did you make? [/QUOTE]
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