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can a bbl be fluted w/o removal?
i have an extra prohunter i am thinking of cutting the weight down on and looking for someone who can do it.

I'm guessing it would have to be removed to flute it for proper indexing. It's not a big deal to unscrew one...

I don't think Steyrs are threaded together.

they are threaded but the BBLs are cold and the recivers hot when its done from my understanding, its a bitch.

I thought there was a hitch in there somewhere.

Depends on which expert you ask--I'm not--but I've listened to the heated "discussions".

Some say a barrel must be fluted before it is rifled and chamber is reamed.

Some say before the chambered is reamed.

Some say it can be done after both.

Most agree that fluting can reintroduce stress after the barrel has been bored/rifled/chambered--so a fluted barrel needs cryo'ed.

Most BR guys are skeptical of fluting--and the ones in the weight limited classes (Light and Heavy Varmit--where most of the action its at) are ALWAYS looking for tricks to lose weight so they can add something else (larger/longer barrels, larger/stiffer actions, bigger heavier scopes, etc). The ones who compete a lot shot a lot of rounds in a season.

Casey

Speedy set a World Record with a barrel he fluted himself after chambering. All of my competition barrels are fluted after chambering---point is and I could name F-Class other top BR guys but if the fluting is done correctly it will be no problem. Lots of opinions out there but very few are based on actual experience.

im thinking of taking it down to 17", chopping the forend 3" in front of the mag well and getting it fluted.

And you wonder why nobody responds to your posts....

Not really you don't count. I could out shoot you with my worst rifle on a bad day. Now go and pull some wire.

Back that statement up with some facts....

There are a lot of opinions. One that I don't understand is why it would matter if a barrel was fluted before or after chambering. Some believe that fluting should be done before the barrel is finish lapped, usually the barrel manufactures.
Every barrel I have machined for myself I have also fluted after chambering and lapping, and have won a lot of fake wood and money.

You guys get on with the fighting afterwards. someone tell me IF IT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT REMOVING THE BBL.

How bout this Cohiba....Screw you!!!You are the biggest Jackass to come around here for a very long time....You act like it's your right to treated like a normal member that contributes to the value of the Campfire,when all you are is a TROLL!!!!Your act is now officially old and it's time for you to find a new place to treat as a litter box....Go away!!! And to everyone else here DFTFT!!!!I wish I could say it in a different way so everyone would understand better DFTFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS WAS YOUR POST IN THIS THREAD>>> I was asking a question. You jumped in here and tried to start something w/ someone who reponded to me.

WTF DID YOU CONTRIBUTE?
NOTHING other than to F UP the thread.
CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION?

DFTFT

WHY do you want to F with me? you tryin to score points w/ the Alaska crew?
your the Fin troll. did you contribute to this thread?
NO
what was your post intended to do?
disrupt.
GFY Troll.

PM to Cohiba From: Bart185

"You are a foul little kid...Go away!
You might as well leave because you will never regain any respect that you had ....DFTFT will follow everything you post from now on....I'm gonna step on every thread that you post.... "
i'm a troll?
when you say you are going to step on every post i make?
when you disrupt a thread i started to find out a technical question on BBL fluting?
get real.

DFTFT
I gotta go to work...

have fun at the gas station troll.