07-07-2014, 05:04 PM
Stress Relieving is done before fluting by most I know in the industry. According to Lilja, Bartlein, and Kreiger, fluting is the last step in the process of making a barrel. Done with coolant and sharp tooling, the temp of the barrel does not exceed ambient temps. We have found no difference in accuracy with or without fluting.
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