tjj
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Some of you machinist types out there may know this.
Do you know what happens when you machine a groove into a steel rod or bar?
Well???? I don't know either. That's the problem. It will deform in an unpredictable manner due to relieving internal stresses in the stock material.
It's a mystery to me that fluted barrels shoot as well as some do. If flutes are shallow then there would be less tendency for deflection but I certainly can't guess what that amount would be. I'm not a big fan of fluted barrels.
Do you know what happens when you machine a groove into a steel rod or bar?
Well???? I don't know either. That's the problem. It will deform in an unpredictable manner due to relieving internal stresses in the stock material.
It's a mystery to me that fluted barrels shoot as well as some do. If flutes are shallow then there would be less tendency for deflection but I certainly can't guess what that amount would be. I'm not a big fan of fluted barrels.