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Posted: 12/23/2005 5:32:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/23/2005 6:10:57 PM EDT
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I read some mind numbing info on barrel fluting on tactical rifles over on snipershide.com a while ago. Lots of opinions on both sides as I recall. for such few rounds I can't see it making any real difference for you. I do agree with you it does look cool. If money is no object, go ahead.
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Posted: 12/24/2005 5:52:14 PM EDT
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Thanks for the good input.
It sounds like there is no real measurable advantage so I'll pass on the flutes and find another way to look cool. 
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Posted: 12/24/2005 8:59:12 PM EDT
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i would pass onflutes. they cost money, look too pimp, and stress the barrel from the machining op. they do aid cooling and result in a stiffer barrel per unit of weight, but taking any given barrel and cutting flutes makes the barrel less stiff.
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Posted: 12/25/2005 10:13:39 AM EDT
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Is cooling off the barrel really something to be concerned about? (If you are shooting any place except from a bench that is)
I'm no marksman, so I can't see my own accuracy being affected more by barrel heating than by say, bad eye sight or just plain old bad sight alignment. |
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Posted: 12/25/2005 10:30:02 AM EDT
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nope, how many belt feds weapons do you see with fluted barrels? |
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Posted: 12/25/2005 11:30:58 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/25/2005 11:32:39 AM EDT
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They are coming, the SAW version of the XM8 used them. |
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Posted: 12/25/2005 12:15:13 PM EDT
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You may want to read this. I agree with the FAQ long as the setup is strong and chatter free and the tooling is sharp because if you chatter or your cutter starts to tear instead of cutting properlly you add some compressive stress. |
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Posted: 12/25/2005 6:48:13 PM EDT
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DShK PK FN Mk 46 |
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Posted: 12/25/2005 7:36:15 PM EDT
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a positively underwhelming list of MGs gentlemen.
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Posted: 12/25/2005 7:50:26 PM EDT
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Since your question was most likely meant as a rhetorical question I'd bet it's 5 more than you thought would be listed :) |
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Posted: 12/25/2005 9:26:14 PM EDT
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one more than I expected, I haven't seen the SAW variant of the M8.
The Dishka uses a FINNED barrel like the early Thompson while I have never seen a flutek PK barrel only a PKS. |
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Posted: 12/25/2005 10:01:21 PM EDT
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I was just giving you a bit of a hard time. Finned barrel, yuck it becomes as whippy as the minor diameter but it's cheap. The old engineering adage of "fast, cheap, and good, pick any two" needs to be mentioned in any discussion about fluted barrels.
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Posted: 12/25/2005 10:58:34 PM EDT
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I know 
yep only thing worse is helical fluting where the flute goes along and around the exterior. Milled a couple of those and they were ALL OVER the place. |
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Posted: 12/26/2005 5:39:13 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/26/2005 6:02:48 AM EDT
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Well my Bushy Varminter has the fluted HBAR and is definetly not wanting for accuracy!
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