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Spiral fluted 18" barrel - kissmy300blkbrass - 06-16-2012
Anyone out there producing a spiral fluted 18" 6.5 Grendel barrel
Spiral fluted 18" barrel - kamrr4437 - 06-17-2012
Black hole weaponry does
Spiral fluted 18" barrel - kissmy300blkbrass - 06-17-2012
Thanks anyone else
Spiral fluted 18" barrel - hm2 clark - 06-18-2012
5-6 years ago I had a 6.5 06 barrel spiral fluted. I am not impressed with it.
Spiral fluted 18" barrel - rasp65 - 06-19-2012
My 18" AA barrel has strait flutes on the outside but it has reverse spiral flutes in the bore.
Spiral fluted 18" barrel - Variable - 06-19-2012
rasp65 Wrote:My 18" AA barrel has strait flutes on the outside but it has reverse spiral flutes in the bore.Cool! Mine do too!
Spiral fluted 18" barrel - LRRPF52 - 06-19-2012
I had a .223 Wylde stainless 18" SPR barrel done that way by ARP. An R&D friend of mine who does rapid prototyping for advanced medical devices, and is a gunsmith by training at 2 different gunsmith schools on top of that, feels that sprial flutes don't maintain as rigid a barrel, and contribute to erratic whip characteristics, as opposed to standard fluting.
I think most will agree that aesthetics plays a big role in the attraction to helical fluting, but it does increase the surface area and reduce more weight for same outer diameter pipes.
Spiral fluted 18" barrel - kissmy300blkbrass - 06-21-2012
Thanks for the info