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Post by ourway77 on Jun 1, 2006 7:43:19 GMT -5
Have had several different opinions on whether to have a barrel fluted or not too. I just bought a Barrel for my Encore, haven't had an opppurtunity to shoot it yet, it is fluted. I have a Knight Master Hunter that is fluted and it is one fantastic shooter, What is the advantage to fluting? or if there is any other than apperance. Inquiring minds want to know LOL
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Post by bubba on Jun 1, 2006 14:03:28 GMT -5
Lou fluted has more surface area, it should cool quicker. fluted should be stiffer than the equivalent diameter unfluted. fluted looks nicer too  just my 2 cents worth, usually it is a good thing in my opinion. -bubba |
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Post by nimrodrx on Feb 27, 2008 2:31:19 GMT -5
Not doubting you, just curious. What makes a fluted bbl stronger?
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Post by minst7877 on Feb 27, 2008 7:41:53 GMT -5
Anytime you add more contours or surfaces to a item it make it stronger. Flat bar steel for instance if you change it to a piece of angle iron it becomes structurally stronger. Change it to a piece of C channel and it is stronger yet.
DC
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Post by jims on Feb 27, 2008 12:27:40 GMT -5
I thought if the barrels were the same diameter the unfluted barrel would be more rigid, if one went by equivalent weight on the barrels then I think the fluted would be more rigid but it would then have a larger diameter IMO.
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Post by minst7877 on Feb 27, 2008 22:48:27 GMT -5
Each flute adds more surface area therefore making the barrel stiffer and giving it more cooling surface. Each surface has its own directional strength and no two of them will be the same. The more surfaces and directions of strength mean a barrel that is more rigid.
DC
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Post by jims on Feb 27, 2008 23:09:16 GMT -5
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Post by jims on Feb 27, 2008 23:14:03 GMT -5
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Post by jims on Mar 7, 2008 19:44:08 GMT -5
I was just browsing around and went to Shilen.com. They are a well respected barrel manufacturer. Under their FAQ they give their opinions on fluting.
I know a number of other barrel makers that do flute however.
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Post by AJ on Sept 13, 2008 21:34:49 GMT -5
Wow, there is some misinformation here. Granted this is an old posting, but I will correct some things.
Two barrels of equal diameter - the non fluted barrel will be stiffer
Two barrels of equal weight - the larger diameter fluted barrel will be stiffer
As to cooling faster, it may cool down 5 seconds faster than the unfluted barrel, but I have not found it to matter much. I have a pair of Pac-Nor barrels that are fluted, a 28" #7 fluted in 6mm-06 Imp and a 28" #5 fluted in 300 Wby Mag, both are half MOA or better shooters.
The basic value of fluting is to reduce weight of a large diameter barrel.
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Post by dougedwards on Sept 16, 2008 21:00:00 GMT -5
I was just browsing around and went to Shilen.com. They are a well respected barrel manufacturer. Under their FAQ they give their opinions on fluting. I know a number of other barrel makers that do flute however. There are several rifle barrel manufacturers who do not recommend fluting because the button rifled barrels have to be fluted after the button is pulled or pushed through the bore which would create great stress on the barrel if it were fluted beforehand. Shilen is one such barrel maker. John Kreiger on the other hand, flutes his barrels before the rifling is cut into the bore because he isn't pushing or pulling anything through the bore and recommends fluting. I have chosen fluting on my barrel for my custom muzzleloader for two reasons. (1) it reduces weight on a 28" barrel to balance out the rifle and (2) it looks cool. Two barrels of the same contour the fluted barrel will actually heat up faster because there is less steel to transfer heat. I personally don't believe that there is any ballistic performance advantage to fluting a barrel. Doug |
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