Thread: Barrel fluting

Originally Posted by csmiffy

Now I've posted about said gunsmith re:fluting, I'm trying to find which one I was referring to. I cant remember and a little OCD has kicked in. I went straight to the one I thought it was and it doesn't look like it was him bugger lol

How's your Kaimai Views these days?

Nice to see at least the fluting got sorted.....

If your rifle is shooting accurately then don’t mess with it. Old adage.... don’t fix what’s not broken.
If u want to lighten the rig then invest your $ in a cf stock.

Does anyone want to pm me who the dodgy gun smith is so i can avoid them please

He's a very good gunsmith irrespective of some of his earlier behaviour on here which he no doubt regrets. There's no need to avoid him. We all make poor decisions at times - no one is exempt from that. I'm sure you'd be very pleased with his work.

Fluting can also stuff up the ability to fit a supressor

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Fluting can also stuff up the ability to fit a supressor

Doesn’t really stuff it up, it’s just not ideal.

I have fluted more than 30 barrels over the last few years, anything from tikka light up to big heavy custom barrels profiles. So far we have not had any accuracy complaint.
And yes most fluted barrels can be threaded provided there is enough meat at the bottom of the flutes (12.7 mm for an 1/2", and 14 mm for a m14x1 for exemple)