How much does fluting reduce weight?

[Phil]

Can of worms......................OPEN!!!!!!

I realize this can widely vary, so lets scale it back a little to the Rem. Varmint contour.

How much weight can you expect to loose after fluting???

Curiosity killed the cat here, I`m not expecting it to be a significant weight savings, just curious to see what others have found.


Phil.

 

[jonbearman]

I would call who may do the fluting as he probably has a general idea how much you lose depending on barrel length.

 

[JBO]

Can of worms......................OPEN!!!!!!

I realize this can widely vary, so lets scale it back a little to the Rem. Varmint contour.

How much weight can you expect to loose after fluting???

Curiosity killed the cat here, I`m not expecting it to be a significant weight savings, just curious to see what others have found.


Phil.

How long a barrel?

 

[XTR]

I just had a pound taken off of my latest FTR barrel. It's got 6 24" deep flutes.

Straight or spiral flutes?

How long a barrel?

Probably ½ to 3/4 lb I would guess, more if you spiral flute.

 

[fredhorace77]

I was told for a standard flute job that 4-8 ounces is about normal. That would be a flute job similar to a standard Remington flute

 

[Phil]

Say 27" in length......

 

[Phil]

I just had a pound taken off of my latest FTR barrel. It's got 6 24" deep flutes.

Straight or spiral flutes?

How long a barrel?

Probably ½ to 3/4 lb I would guess, more if you spiral flute.

WOW! I didn`t think that 16ozs was possible, that's great.

Makes sense that the spiral would take more, more surface area to take from....

Phil.

 

[Phil]

I was told for a standard flute job that 4-8 ounces is about normal. That would be a flute job similar to a standard Remington flute

This was more to my thinking.

How have you been, got another twister the other day I see.......

 

[XTR]

Before you get too far down the road, my barrel is 32" finished and 1" at the muzzle. It's a little more meat than a Rem Varmint. I had Kampfeld Custom flute it.



The blank weighed 8.75 lbs before it was chambered.

 

[XTR]

Go to the Lilja site and download his calculator, it's pretty darned accurate if you give it good inputs.

http://riflebarrels.com/computer-software/

 

[fredhorace77]

This was more to my thinking.

How have you been, got another twister the other day I see.......

I'm doing well the crazy thing is most of these Twisters that have been happening I've been sleeping right through them. In Oklahoma we worry about them just about as much as you all worry about earthquakes, they're really just no big thing

 

[Phil]

Before you get too far down the road, my barrel is 32" finished and 1" at the muzzle. It's a little more meat than a Rem Varmint. I had Kampfeld Custom flute it.

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The blank weighed 8.75 lbs before it was chambered.

I REALLY LIKE your rifle.............

Good looking piece.

Phil.

 

[Geno C]

I've got a 30" 1.25" straight barrel headed to Boltfluter as we speak. Gonna be vortex fluted 180* twist. I'll see if he can weigh it before and after.

 

[Ringostar]

I have a 26" #5 contour fluted from Brux. They told me about 8oz.

 

[Phil]

I have a 26" #5 contour fluted from Brux. They told me about 8oz.

Straight or interrupted fluting?

Phil.

 

[Phil]

I've got a 30" 1.25" straight barrel headed to Boltfluter as we speak. Gonna be vortex fluted 180* twist. I'll see if he can weigh it before and after.

Geno,

That would be great!!!

Phil.

 

[Ringostar]

Straight or interrupted fluting?

Phil.

I had them do straight flutes.