Thread: bolt fluting...

So, I know its aesthetic... but after getting several quotes for a tikka bolt to be spiral fluted ranging from 100+ gst to 127+ gst, i decided to go for it.. once the next available machinist was doing.a batch, I sent my bolts upto them.

Anyway..

I received the invoice today from a reputable.company, and the price was astronomical, does 487 for 2x bolts being fluted seem wrong to you.

Originally Posted by Larskramer

So, I know its aesthetic... but after getting several quotes for a tikka bolt to be spiral fluted ranging from 100+ gst to 127+ gst, i decided to go for it.. once the next available machinist was doing.a batch, I sent my bolts upto them.

Anyway..

I received the invoice today from a reputable.company, and the price was astronomical, does 487 for 2x bolts being fluted seem wrong to you.

Did you get a quote from the specific company you went with before you sent it?

That seems about $200 overpriced for two bolts- I think Gunworks is $140 a bolt.

Originally Posted by 308mate

Did you get a quote from the specific company you went with before you sent it?

That seems about $200 overpriced for two bolts- I think Gunworks is $140 a bolt.

That's what I would of expected... worse case 170 per bolt.... but 246 a bolt is a bit of a kick in the nuts. I thought I got quotes off everyone... but couldnt find the one i ended up sending them to. I hope they are done well and polished for that price.

Didn’t you say you got a quote? I do know of some places being more expensive then others.

YES I think that’s way too much!

To flute a barrel your looking at $300

I’ve had all mine and a few mates bolts fluted by Gunworks for $130

I would definately be questioning that cost... who did the work?

Originally Posted by Seventenths

YES I think that’s way too much!

To flute a barrel your looking at $300

I’ve had all mine and a few mates bolts fluted by Gunworks for $130

I would definately be questioning that cost... who did the work?

Exactly what I thought... on top of that my brand new titanium shroud was returned with a scratch. Not going to mention names, but a well known company.

I would be giving them a rark up as that is bloody ridiculous

Originally Posted by Larskramer

Exactly what I thought... on top of that my brand new titanium shroud was returned with a scratch. Not going to mention names, but a well known company.

Was it the company who are also the agents on a certain premium scope brand ?

What model rifle?

Originally Posted by 6x47

What model rifle?

Irrelevant but was 2x tikka bolt

How much weight does fluting the bolt take out?

Whatever the bolt weight reduction, the lightness of the wallet would be far greater going by the above :-(

Had my semi-custom T3 bolt fluted when I lived in the US. Chad Dixon @longriflesinc.com did the work for US$45 and its perfect.

I think you are being bent over.

bent over and reamed.......
that said,to get a barrel threaded used to be $65-80 its now sitting at around the $135 mark.

I just got my Howa bolt fluted a few weeks ago for $200. I won't be naming an companies either, but it came back without be deburred. The burrs were so bad that I noticed them immediately after thinking 'why won't my bolt fit into the the action '... so I then had about an hours work to do in deburring, polishing and cold bluing which I was less than impressed with for the money spent.

I also got a quote from Greystone and they quoted $200. Gunworks wouldn't touch it as apparently Howa uses a hardened steel that damages their tooling.