Let me run this by you guys. I have a stainless steel g2 in 223 rem. I am looking to make a coyote rifle out of it. I have ordered all the cool stuff from bellum and am thinking of fluteing the barrel. The barrel has no contour and is .875 through its length. I am going to do this myself in a manual mill. Have any of you done this and how did it turn out.

Z,
I am thinking of purchasing a 30/40 Krag barrel for a deer gun. What does fluting do for a barrel?

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So, you have a barrel with a heavy contour and want to add bling? Your fluting the barrel will not improve accuracy and, I'm sure, will void T/C's lifetime warranty. Weight reduction will not be enough to notice.

Whatever floats you boat.

And why a 30/40 Krag barrel? Are you a masochist? There are numerous other cartridges that will do the same thing on deer that a 30/40 Krag will do with better availability of brass and loaded ammo.

Again, whatever floats your boat.

grum

you are right, I am just trying to cool it up a bit. Probably will add a muzzel brake also just for the fact that nobody will have one like it. but mainly I am a want to be gunsmith with new equipment, looking for simple beginer projects.

Grumagain,
Already have a 30/40 in a Ruger #3 that I like. Also have the holy grail a 260 Browning 1885 low wall. Both work well for deer.The low wall carrys much better and has an exposed hammer. The 30/40 is loaded to a much lower pressure and earier to shoot; not recoil just the bang. Between the 2 I prefer the 30/40 for deer hunting.

So a G2 in 30/40 would give me an easy to carry, with an exposed hammer in 30/40. The best of both. Not that I need another gun.

I only shoot factory ammo and just order more then I need. A light easy to carry rifle fits pokking around in bushes here in Michigan. At 60 I want this gun work what I am able to do for 10 or so years. Or until I need another gun.

The 6.8 Rem or 375 JDJ are both factory barrels that are available. But 6.8 runs on the small side and the 375 JDJ has been used on elphants.

The other project that I want to do is take a 3006 Browning 1885 and rebore/rechamber to 9.3x62. But you know my judgement may not be the best. Its the big hole thing at a moderate speed.

First of all its doubtful your full length barrel actually measures .875...more like .813 I know I have a few. Second you already have an excellent coyote gun. Fluting the barrel does nothing for you. Trick out the stock, put an excellent scope on it, shoot the gun and call it a day.

If not done correctly, fluting can actually degrade your accuracy. I won't say that it can ruin your accuracy, but it can certainly interfere with the harmonics/dynamics and can change the load preference of your particular barrel.

I know this is not what you want to hear, but if you want to make it a coyote gun, put on a nice camo finish, re-work the trigger on it and call it a day.

I agree Bobby T, I read in an article that fluting the barrel after rifling will change the internal/external stresses on the barrel and can wreak havoc with the accuracy.