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Any time bro. The Williams unit I have on my 280 Ackley is beautifully made and solid as a rock, but it is no light weight. The McMillan unit appears to be close to identical and knowing McMillan, it's a safe bet that they are very high quality. I bugged Williams a few times about making their unit out of aluminum but for some reason they don't want to. I think they'd sell a bunch to custom builders especially the ones selling high end "sheep rifles". The only other high quality oberndorf style maker is Sunny Hill and their unit in aluminum is around $350 or slightly more perhaps. Of course you could have an Echols aluminum job for $600. McMillan's unit is made for them by an outside source, but I don't know who and they wouldn't say.

Gene- Bansner pretty much told him that they were to busy building their own stuff on their own actions to take anything on from the outside at the moment, at least that was the impression Mark left with him. I like Mark and recommended him as I have 2 pieces of his work.

RD- The sunny hill is nice I have that on my 300wm. I don't know if he's gonna be up for the price of admission for the Echols though. LOL

check with mastercalssstocks.com Alex is top notch and uses bansner stocks look at his work on the web site

Call Karl Feldkamp about your barrel flute. He has done several #3 contour barrels for me and others. Karl is pretty much the guru of barrel fluting and will do a great job for you & a quick turn-around time.

I spoke with Benchmark this week about a fluted #3 contour and they will do it. The said the contour would be the same as Lilja's and to use that spec when I order my stock from McMillan.

We just found the same thing out on friday. He called them , what kind of number did they give you for that if you don't mind me asking ?

That's odd - I have a factory fluted #3 contour Hart 7mm barrel in the closet. Received late Feb of last year, ordererd for a project that has been temporarily postponed....




David

Anyone have experience with fluting a Broughton 5c after finished?

Can- that is odd. He has done a few barrel jobs with Hart in the past like 3 or 4 I think so he's a known customer up there . Thats real strange . Hart was the first guy he called and he told him he wouldn't do it. I'll have to get him to call them again and see what's up with that. Are you selling that BBL?

I have a Broughton #3.1 25-06 that Karl spiral fluted for me. It is the rifle I will grab if I KNOW I am going to have a long shot. Very accurate!

Can- he just called Karen again and she said she wont do a # 3 fluted are you sure its a 3 and not a 4 contour he will do a 4 ? If its .65 at the muzzle its a 4

I'm sure just double checked the invoice. Wasn't really looking to sell - a good barrel in the closet will get used eventually... I'm not sure it would be suitable for your build anyway - I was planning on sticking it on my Rem model 7 in an Edge stock and wasn't sure if I wanted 21 or 22" barrel.

The flutes are only cut to where they would be 1" from the end on a 21" barrel, 2" on a 22" barrel. I'm betting you are wanting a longer barrel on your 280AI and it might look like a Kimber Longmaster barrel. Maybe the shorter length of the flutes was the reason they were willing for me?

I sent you a pm.

David

Dean, I talked to Nate a couple of days ago and inquired for you - he's fluted #2's in the past (and will continue to do so) but mentioned the flutes are obviously more shallow than a heavier contoured tube.

Thats gtk Scott thanks for asking . Thats all he's looking for anyway just for cosmetics, He wants to 2 tone it.

Here is a Bartlein 2.5 contour barrel in stock. Most reputable smith's can do a fluting job for ya if you just have to have it done.
http://bugholes.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=88_89_93&product_id=511