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- From: Thi_Huynh@univel.COM
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Fluted barrel
- Message-ID: <9301221128.AA21122@smuggler.Utah.univel.COM>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 23:41:04 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- Hi netters,
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- I just ordered a Bushmaster XM15-E2 from Quality Parts with a fluted
- barrel for $790 (OUCH!). From their catalog, they claimed rigidity
- is increased by 20 to 25%, among other things such as better cooling
- and weight reduction.
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- Does this claim of increase in barrel rigidity over a non-fluted heavy
- barrel sound valid to you? They say that fluted barrels started out
- as heavy barrels and then they shave the metal away.
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- Thanks,
-
- -tt
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