Thread: Lightweight Hunting Rifles

G'Day Fella's,

Here are some additional images of this same Jongmans .284Win chambered rifle.

This next image, has the bolt laying beside the action, in it's normal position to give you an understanding of the chamber location, within the barrel!

You can see that the fluting is at two different depths, slightly shallower just forward of the chamber and then deeper for the rest of it!

Leathel, a lot of machinists/gunsmiths wont flute a factory barrel!
The primary reason for this in my belief is the barrel needs to be Stress Relieved, after it has been Fluted!!!
If this is not done, you CAN have the barrel FAIL!

This above Sporter weight barrel, was fluted (and the Stress Relieved) as part of the original manufacture of the barrel and has had many shots put thru it, without any problems!

Doh!
Homer