Who can add spiral fluting to a rifle barrel?

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I'm looking for a shop that can add spiral fluting to a Savage MKII .22 bull barrel, any leads would be greatly appreciated. I would hate to have to buy a BSEV and swap them and then have to sell the BSEV afterward. It would be easiest for me to send the barrel out.
 
It turns out Accurate Action, a site sponsor, can do this process. However, I am having second thoughts regarding having it done. After several replies from gunsmiths, it turns out the fluting changes the inner diameter in spots which I guess in a nut shell kills accuracy. On the other hand, Accurate can true the barrel running a slug through checking for inconsistencies, and then lapping them down. I am definitely no expert, however common sense tells me that is more of a crude technique that will make inconsistent rifling at the very least and possibly slight high and low spots from lapping that will both negatively affect accuracy, so I think I will leave my stainless bull barrel the way it was manufactured. Just my thoughts......

The process is $200 and if lapping goes past one hour shop time, then an additional $75 will be charged.
 
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Curly1 said:
Barrels are usually fluted before the bore is done to avoid distorting the bore from the heat and pressure of machining. I would suggest it would be cheaper and safer to buy another barrel.
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Actually they aren't. All button rifled barrels are drilled, reamed, and rifled before profiling or any other exterior machining is done. ie fluting. Only cut rifled barrels can be fluted before hand, and there are far more makers button rifling than cutting.
 
double gun said:
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Actually they aren't. All button rifled barrels are drilled, reamed, and rifled before profiling or any other exterior machining is done. ie fluting. Only cut rifled barrels can be fluted before hand, and there are far more makers button rifling than cutting.
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Just sent a note to Savage to see if the drilling, reaming, rifling is added before or after spiral fluting is done on their MKII platform. I will post the reply for other inquiring minds....
 
wildernessguy said:
Just sent a note to Savage to see if the drilling, reaming, rifling is added before or after spiral fluting is done on their MKII platform. I will post the reply for other inquiring minds....
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A simple call to any barrel maker who button rifles will get you the same answer. Same reason they can't rebore a profiled blank yet a barrel maker who cut rifles can. ;)
 
double gun said:
A simple call to any barrel maker who button rifles will get you the same answer. Same reason they can't rebore a profiled blank yet a barrel maker who cut rifles can. ;)
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Thanks but I would still like to hear directly from Savage on their process if by chance they do the fluting first, I'm gonna buy an MKII complete rifle in stainless w/spiral fluting and just do a barrel swap. Just want to be sure either way.....
 
"...never trump accuracy..." And fluting does nothing but look slick, if you like it.
A machine shop cannot work on firearms without a firearnms business licence.
 
double gun said:
Actually they aren't. All button rifled barrels are drilled, reamed, and rifled before profiling or any other exterior machining is done. ie fluting. Only cut rifled barrels can be fluted before hand, and there are far more makers button rifling than cutting.
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Button rifling is cheaper to manufacture and IMHO are not as accurate as cut rifling, so I tend to forget they exsist.
 
There must be more to it than simply being an abortion procedure, PGW doesn't turn out junk by any means. Just ask the CF or look up range reports. Were they bored and rifled after fluting or does the barrel MFR know how to helical flute their barrels without warping the bore out of spec? At $200 I might consider a 10/22 bull barrel, ever since I first saw an ER Shaw 10/22 helical fluted barrel I wanted one.
 
Curly1 said:
Button rifling is cheaper to manufacture and IMHO are not as accurate as cut rifling, so I tend to forget they exsist.
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Yeah, lilja, Pacnor, benchmark, Douglas, shilen, Hart, Gaillard, broughton, (to name a few) all make cheap, inaccurate barrels.

And this thread is about a savage... You think they are cut rifled?
 
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