Thread: Supressors.

Simple physics would also dictate that the barrel is weakest at the thinnest point. So these fluted barrels don't go lighter than a light profiled sporting barrel or whatever the minimum wall thickness is for the rated pressure they are run at?

If you want stiffer for comp/precision shooting then logic would dictate getting whatever contour barrel (heavy as fuck) you want then welding fins onto it of a fairly serious nature. Or maybe getting it cast like that.

The point is since your talking engineering, if you want stiffer you go heavier OR you change the steel grade. Never ever seen an engineer try to make something stronger or stiffer by doing 'fins', whether you call it fluting or some other name.