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DUDE....W.T.F.!!! Strip the lower before spraying. Spray the parts separately. BUY A NEW BARREL and have a 'smith install. |
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There is still plenty on steel underneath the flutes. Probably still thicker than an A1 barrel and definitely thicker than the original barrel on Stoner's prototypes. I have fired over 500 rounds through it since the mods. So far it holding up fine. |
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EPIC fail.
You should not be allowed to own tools of any kind. Let me explain: You haven't FLUTED the barrel, you've put SLOTS into it. You have created STRESS RISERS, and some very SERIOUS ones at that. I judge the barrel to be extremely unsafe and likely to rupture. Fluting is done with ball end milling cutters. The radius of the cutter end is MUCH greater than the radius of your slots. This means that there is MUCH less stress concentration in the flutes of a properly fluted barrel, compared to the HUGE concentration of stress in your deep, narrow slots. I'm not even worried about the less than straight slots. That looks awful but it's the safety issues associated with the stress risers from the slots that's the main problem. I'm serious...DO NOT FIRE THAT BARREL. I believe it is DANGEROUS to fire it. I would not fire it or want to be on the same range with you when you fired it. I'd want to be on the other side of the berm with a steel plate umbrellas to protect me against lofted barrel parts. CJ |
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Awesome!1 I love WECSOG
but next time do a little more disassembly and prep work before painting. |
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I'm calling PETA
(people for the ethical treatment of ARs) Hope someone tosses a bucket of BreakFree on your ass. |
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What if your Holosight goes dead. No BUIS. |
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While I agree that fluting should be done on a milling machine and turning the barrel on a lathe.....
why would using a dremel be more dangerous....I does not seem like he went deep enough for there to be a danger..... its his rifle do as he will to it.... but yes ransom rest test that barrel first just in case |
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Dear "The_Spaniard",
Welcome to arfcom and the specifically the GD, you have to have pretty damn think skin to survive here. If you are still here after this thread, you will fit in fine. Signed, Just another asshole who populats GD. |
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6 pages and a lock.
Remember, alcohol and dremel tools do not mix. |
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I saw one that was "fluted" circumferentially. Looking at the barrel sideways it looked like a sine wave. |
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Agree 100%. The 5.56 is a high pressure cartridge. You have created points where stress cracking can easily start. You can reduce the risk of a failure by sanding your flutes such that there are no sharp cuts left. Round them out and make them smooth. DO NOT shoot that gun with anyone standing on either side of you. If that barrel did happen to blow out, the odds of someone next to you getting hurt is probably greater than you getting hurt. |
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Quoted because I have a feeling the original post will get edited. |
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would like to see more pics of the front site. The "fluting" not so much
Gotta admit, you have a huge set of balls to try and do your own flute job |
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WTF!!! Man you jacked up a perfectly good AR. There is a special place in hell for people who do that.
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You have won a free trip to ...............The Pakistan Gun Town..........and .........you DO qualify for a JOB....................
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+1 Please for your own safety, get a new barrel. |
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Could it really get Photochopped much worse? Looks like it's been chopped up pretty well as it is. |
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I'm all for shittifying my rifle, but, um... not that way.
As long as you are happy, though. |
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Will you be offering this service to the public at any point? I'm thinking that there is a market for the mods you performed and if you keep your pricing down , you might be able to pick up some business with your machining skills and step on the competition.
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Yep. I applaud you for trying, and posting here for review. |
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A dremel isn't anywhere near as precise as a milling machine. |
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yeah and as a few other guys posted about the sharp edges......I can see where that can cause major stress points in the metal..... but hey Original poster if you do fire it can we see some video proof? |
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I'll let others more qualified talked about the fluting.
I'm no expert, but I know enough out about barrel profiling to know that what nothing good will come out of this |
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WHAT in GODS NAME were YOU THINKING ??
Many of us here name our weapons..........might I suggest you name yours "Britney" ? |
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Cool, a perforated chamber.
Dibs on all your...............oh, nevermind. |
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Please man, DO NOT FIRE THAT GUN ANYMORE UNTIL YOU REPLACE THE BARREL! The weight is not worth you getting seriously injured! |
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Hope you seriously rounded the bottoms of those flutes and didn't cut them too deep. Otherwise, you cut wonderful sectioning on your barrel for it to split.
+1 on the filing issues as well. A barrel that has asymmetric flutes and outer diameter relative to the bore axis will likely have accuracy problems. |
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ROFL |
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something doesn't seem quite right. |
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Ohhhhhhhhhh, shit! |
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But think of all the money he saved by doing the work himself |
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I disagree with the comment regarding the Pakistani gunsmithing.
THIS work would NOT be accepted by the Pakistanis! The steel they use may be questionable, but their workmanship is pretty darned good. They may not make Gold Cups, but they do know how to make reliable guns. CJ |
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Its going to start cracking.......the fluting is put on there on a mill with a RADIUS TOOL OF SOME KIND......I wouldnt shoot it |
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