Gentleman,
Few topics have had such heated debates as barrel fluting. I found a great page with some very good tech info regarding fluting. Some may have seen this other may have not. At the very least, its a good read. Once you get past the header, kinda cheesy, you will find goof stuff.

http://www.varmintal.com/aflut.htm

Regards,
JAG

JAG; Great site! Every one should read it.

Hi, real great informative site , Thank you !