Thread: Calibre and Barrel Length Decision......

Originally Posted by Maxx

At the risk of sounding ignorant, can I ask why? Something to do with cutting the barrel back into the fluted section? And/or are you telling me the only difference between a Finnlight and S/S 85 is the flutes, and it would be better to get and 85, chop the barrel, and then flute that if so inclined?

TIA.

I don't know whether it's feasible to shorten a barrel down to the fluted section. I had a 20" .308 Sako fluted barrel shortened to 18" and the chap at DPT said something along the lines of it being doable because the flutes had not been reached at 18".