Who can add spiral fluting to a rifle barrel?

With a broughton it is fluted after profiling the reamed and rifled blank. It is then stress relieved again and lapped to perfection. All broughton fluted barrels get an extra trip to the oven.
 
juanvaldez said:
With a broughton it is fluted after profiling the reamed and rifled blank. It is then stress relieved again and lapped to perfection. All broughton fluted barrels get an extra trip to the oven.
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What I'm stuck on is after lapping, is the rifling not finely ground to match ID of the remaing barrel length? If so, would this not hurt accuracy? This is the part of the process I am trying to understand.
 
juanvaldez said:
With a broughton it is fluted after profiling the reamed and rifled blank. It is then stress relieved again and lapped to perfection. All broughton fluted barrels get an extra trip to the oven.
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There you go, from an expert, machining a barrel after boring and rifling causes stress in the barrel, which must be treated and abnormalities in the bore cleaned-up. Better to machine then bore and rifle IMHO.
 
Curly1 said:
There you go, from an expert, machining a barrel after boring and rifling causes stress in the barrel, which must be treated and abnormalities in the bore cleaned-up. Better to machine then bore and rifle IMHO.
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That's just what I was thinking...... If there are high spots in the barrel's ID after stress from profiling that need to be lapped down, then it seems to only make sense that the rifling is going to be removed or decreased in those high spots.
 
A taper is generally lapped in, thats is..the muzzle end is tighter then the breech after lapping. This can be seen when selecting bushings for your range rod when setting up to chamber or crown.
 
Wow.

Not sure why people in this thread aren't getting it.... Button rifled barrels - like savage - must be drilled, reamed, and rifled before profiling and or fluting. The best builders will often stress relief and lap afterwards. Do you honestly think that if they could drill, ream, and rifle afterwards they wouldn't? You think fluting afterwards will give you a inconsistent bore? Try pulling or pushing a button thru a tapered, fluted blank.... Let me know how that works out for you. For the last time, button rifled barrels can not be profiled or fluted before the bore is drilled, reamed and rifled.
 
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double gun said:
Wow.

Not sure why people in this thread aren't getting it.... Button rifled barrels - like savage - must be drilled, reamed, and rifled before profiling and or fluting. The best builders will often stress relief and lap afterwards. Do you honestly think that if they could drill, ream, and rifle afterwards they wouldn't? You think fluting afterwards will give you a inconsistent bore? Try pulling or pushing a button thru a tapered, fluted blank.... Let me know how that works out for you. For the last time, button rifled barrels can not be profiled or fluted before the bore is drilled, reamed and rifled.
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As much as I do appreciate your input, and clearly you have the technical knowledge that most of us do not, I see no reason to get excited about it. Some of us here are just novice shooters like myself, and know very little about the process and are just trying to learn some things. That's why I'm on this forum. I just want to find the best way to spend my money on the best equipment I can afford. But thanks.
 
I am not getting excited, and my post was not aimed at you. My apologies if that's how you interpreted it. I just get tired of arguing over the same wrong info over and over and over again. Again my apologies, this will be my last post on this thread.
 
double gun said:
I am not getting excited, and my post was not aimed at you. My apologies if that's how you interpreted it. I just get tired of arguing over the same wrong info over and over and over again. Again my apologies, this will be my last post on this thread.
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No sweat some of this stuff can get confusing I can see how it can get frustrating listening to the same mis-information over and over again. My apologies as well, and don't stop posting on my account lots of us can learn from your insight.
 
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