Thread: Barrel fluting

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Interesting and thanks for your reply.

Have you noticed/measured any difference in bore diameters/straightness of bore/roundness of bore in barrels of differing manufacturing techniques eg cut rifled vs hammer forged vs button rifled?

I have read( beware the internet lol) that button rifled in particular do not lend themselves to fluteting and am interested in your experiences.

Not a problem
We have not done enough barrels to give an honest answer for everything that is out there, if the barrel has been stress relieved correctly then nothing much should change when fluting the barrel, if there is going to be any changes then threading a barrels muzzle should have a greater effect on bore size than fluting as more material is removed. True flite for one flute their barrels post rifling them. There are many other button barrel manufacturers out there that say yes you can flute their barrels and many that say no not a good idea.