Does anyone actually no what they weigh? Flutted or none flutted any length given the profile I’m picking they don’t weigh much
Cheers
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Does anyone actually no what they weigh? Flutted or none flutted any length given the profile I’m picking they don’t weigh much
Cheers
Got both 223 and think 243 in safe? Weigh tomorrow.
From memory around 1kg . I can tell you next week when back at work…
Cheers all seems around a kg mate messaged me and a .224 18” blank tikka profile he had was 1050grams same weight as my flutted chambered 7mm 2b so not enough in it to warrant the slimmer barrel
Average weight saving with fluting ? Just the man to ask . Not that I’m trying to save weight with the way this rifles going but good for my personal notesQuote:
Originally Posted by Friwi
I don’t think you really save weight with flutes just looks cool
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Bro, you can save more weight in a bigger bore size than fluting depending on the bore. My #3 .358 barrel weighs bugger all. I can measure when I get home tomorrow if you want.
Dean Maisey has got a good write up on barrel fluteing on his website. I’m no expert but it made sense to me. Why flute a larger diameter barrel and introduce many sources of error ( depth of flutes) when you can just get a barrel made to the weight you want to start with?
Fluting may aid in cooling? More surface area to disipate heat
961g for a 18" 223 barrel.
920g: action, trigger, bolt and picatinny rail
808g: T3 lite stock + trigger guard
1316g: 19" CTR barrel in 260rem
7mm Rem Mag standard profile no fluting 615mm - 1123g
300 Win Mag standard profile no fluting 565mm - 1014g
Both are threaded M15 and weighed with the factory thread protectors on them.
My flutted 20” 2b is lighter than my none flutted 16” 2b go figure both 7mmQuote:
Originally Posted by Hunter_Nick
Tikka T3 factory barrel 270cal 1100grams
Tikka T3 factory barrel 243cal 1150grams
Tikka 695 factory barrel 6.5x55 1400grams
Lilja used to have a barrel weight calculator on their site. Was also able to calculate with flutes.
Used their calculator on several occassions before ordering their barrels.
More of a curiosity question than anything thanks for the reply’s yip I’m aware of deanes views on flutting must annoy him when he puts together my rifles dpt have done the flutting and he’s put the rifle together all very accurate
So typical 8 flutes jobs on a tikka barrel would remove around 120 to 130 grams. Of course the shorter the barrel the less material I can remove.
Heavy varmint barrels can get a bit more removed, and I just recently beat my record at 392 grams on a truck axle of a barrel. the owner will recognise him self, my precedent record was at 245 gr.