Thread: Max fluting depth

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

5.8mm sounds excessive, most sporter weight barrels wouldnt have that much meat at the muzzle even before threading.

Just because a barrel is thin at the muzzle does not mean flutes can go that deep. In a round barrel once you fire the barrel tries to expand evenly around the circumference, on a fluted barrel the bottom of the flutes is all that expands so there is a lot more stress on the material.