Thread: Tube Rifles

Did anyone checkout their staggered fluting?

seen it in person, its real nice,

Scotts done a few things for me and has always given great sevice, and exactly what i wanted,

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Did anyone checkout their staggered fluting?

Now what does that do to the barrel as far as stiffness/rigidity?

Ha Ha good question! Presumably someone has used a clever program to work out the most weight removal for the least loss of rigidity.

Or maybe it just looks cool I couldn't tell ya.

Certainly looks like more metal is removed than "normal" fluting.

Who is a design engineer? Spanners? run some numbers

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Ha Ha good question! Presumably someone has used a clever program to work out the most weight removal for the least loss of rigidity.

Or maybe it just looks cool I couldn't tell ya.

Certainly looks like more metal is removed than "normal" fluting.

Who is a design engineer? Spanners? run some numbers

'Technically' and if it makes a gnats cock of difference, it would be stronger than full flutes, providing the interrupted portions are opposite each other, if not opposite 'technically' the barrel will go /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ like a spring lol
If I get bored during my next trip, I'll draw them all up and run finite analysis on the different types.

I like the golf ball fluting thats done overseas and some spiral stuff - not the spiral I've seen in NZ though.
Would be interesting the effect of say 1:8 RH spiral fluting on a 1:8 RH twist barrel?

Originally Posted by Spanners

Would be interesting the effect of say 1:8 RH spiral fluting on a 1:8 RH twist barrel?

It would be "interesting" if you were the one that pulled the trigger & it came unwound

338/378 30 inch tube. 300grain Gen 2 @ 2955fps

Jeez !! Thats a beast !

What breed ?

Now that is far kin cool
Weight?
When I eventually can build a LR rifle it will be something along those lines eg a sporter

H S Precision receiver, stock and trigger.

Scott Trail at ssrnz.co.nz put it all together and its flawless, a work of art really.

Factory barrel fluted then or custom ?

Custom barrel fluted.

Has anyone heard if Barnes have the 338cal 300g TSX or TTSX, Nosler their 338 300g Accubond and Hornady their 338 300g A-Max in New Zealand yet ???

I didnt think the 300gr Amax actually existed yet

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Custom barrel fluted.

Has anyone heard if Barnes have the 338cal 300g TSX or TTSX, Nosler their 338 300g Accubond and Hornady their 338 300g A-Max in New Zealand yet ???

I knew the 338cal 300gr Accabound is new for 2012 from Nosler but the 300gr Amax I havn't heard anything about yet??
2950fps aren't some people getting very close to that out of a long throated 338 Edge??

I think they decided not to do a 300gr 338 Amax , and instead did a 285gr 338 cal ( like a SMK ) , and they got very good accuracy out of it , BUT it appears the BC is not GOOD on this 285gr bullet , so still better off with 250-300gr Scenars or SMKs .