Thread: After market barrel fluting of tikka barrels

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

My opinion of barrel and bolt fluting is the only weight it saves is the load it takes off your wallet. It may be done for appearence reasons but that's just vanity like having a Louis Vuitton day pack and Jimmy Choo tramping boots.
If you want the look buy direct from the factory it avoids problems should a warranty be involved.
Ultimately it's your rifle and you can do what you want but as you have probably already surmised it's not for me.

Good points, and I share your opinions.

On the subject of warranty issues, I would say most of us void the warranty as soon as we have barrels threaded. My two T3s have had the face of the action machined off and traditional style recoil lugs fitted. One has a Bartlein barrel and the other has a factory barrel that started as a 7-08 and is now a .284 Win. I think my warranties are well and truely buggered