To Flute or not to Flute?

[Redmt]

I went ahead and had him do the fluting and I did not notice a change in accuracy.

Not to be a jerk or anything but how good a shot you? Poor, average, great, sniper?

 

[Deez Nutz]

Not to be a jerk or anything but how good a shot you? Poor, average, great, sniper?

Valid question.

Usually poor when I'm shooting at an animal but decent on paper/steel.


That particular rifle is a factory remington 700 and I've always shot it right around or just under 1moa at a 200yd zero. After fluting I didn't notice any difference. For credibility sake I've got another rifle that I can consistently keep less than 1moa and often times closer to 1/2 and I've killed a good number of animals with it between 600 and 900 yards.

 

[Redmt]

I'm glad you took it as I meant it.
The longer I take aim the worse I get. I'm fast on acquiring my target and putting a hole in it.

 

[p_ham]

What does @p_ham say about fluting a Shilen barrel? If you stick with a Shilen barrel, and if not voiding the warranty is a concern, could you just go with a lighter contour barrel to save weight?

We're using an X-Caliber barrel, which they're fluting. I've had extremely good performance with their barrels.

 

[Redmt]

We're using an X-Caliber barrel, which they're fluting. I've had extremely good performance with their barrels.

Way cool! I'm still like a little kid waiting for Christmas! I'm loading up a couple calibers I'll never use but I'm staying busy!!!

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I’m not a metallurgist or a machinist so I can’t explain much but I’ve had a bartlein fluted by kampfeld and chambered by beanland not shoot well. Nobody could warranty it but beanland did me a solid and chambered a non-fluted replacement I supplied for free. I’ve had 2 spiral fluted seekins barrels not shoot well. I’ve had one of 2 carbon barrels not shoot well. I just see fluting and turning a blank down tiny and glueing a bunch of carbon to it as a way to impart stresses in a barrel so it seems like a waste of money. If I want a light barrel I order a contour that weighs what I want. We have lots of solutions for muzzle threads now that used to be overlooked and resulted in people getting heavy heavily fluted or carbon barrels just to have desired diameter for threads.