Posted: 4/9/2012 10:01:55 AM EDT
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Has anyone considered having there barrel dimpled?
I was thinking about having it done on my hopefully sooner rather than later 5.56 and with the larue barrel profile could probably get it much closer to 7lbs. What y'all think? Also still waiting to here back from larue on warranty issues with this. |
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Quoted: Whats the magic sauce do? Weight Savings, More Cooling area, looks???Has anyone considered having there barrel dimpled? I was thinking about having it done on my hopefully sooner rather than later 5.56 and with the larue barrel profile could probably get it much closer to 7lbs. What y'all think? Also still waiting to here back from larue on warranty issues with this. I have seen a few that looked pretty cool... Dunno about performance or longevity of the barrel though (as in if it added or subtracted or no change).. |
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smullen: weight savings could be anywhere from 6-10oz depending on how crazy you go. It does offer more cooling area, but that doesnt really matter to me.
Not really worried about it affecting barrel longevity cause to me its more about the steel, chamber, basically this would only affect the outside. My understanding is from talking to a smith thats really reputable and that I completely trust (he's wouldn't actually doing the work, waiting to here back from the smith who would be doing it to see what he thinks). That with a well made barrel being worked on by someone who knows what there doing I shouldn't see any lose in accuracy or barrel life. Oh and It looks BadAss to me. 
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Quoted: smullen: weight savings could be anywhere from 6-10oz depending on how crazy you go. It does offer more cooling area, but that doesnt really matter to me. Not really worried about it affecting barrel longevity cause to me its more about the steel, chamber, basically this would only affect the outside. My understanding is from talking to a smith thats really reputable and that I completely trust (he's wouldn't actually doing the work, waiting to here back from the smith who would be doing it to see what he thinks). That with a well made barrel being worked on by someone who knows what there doing I shouldn't see any lose in accuracy or barrel life. Oh and It looks BadAss to me. Example pics???? :) Also, if you get this done, you kow we're gonna need example too... |
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I would like to see this on a PredatOBR. DImples seem like a KAC thing.
http://www.jenseprecision.com/abs-barrels.html |
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My main thing is I already have a predatAR and it's great. However when running it with
longer strings of fire with an m4-2000 hanging of the end I do start to notice more poi Shift than I would like (mind you this is only with the suppressor on). So with the dimpling I get a rifle closer to the weight of my predatAR and with pst, and will be Able to handle suppressor weight better. Also dimpling/fluting tends to make barrels even more rigid. At this point I'm thinking I'll see what larue says about warranty. If they say I'm good to go then most likely why not. |
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