i was thinking of having my noveske stainless barrel re-profiled. any reason why it would be bad idea?
i like my 16" afghan barrel a lot except for its weight. the thing is just so damned heavy. i was thinking of sending it to adco to get it dimpled. i’ve seen other people do this and just wanted to get an idea from those who know more about it. would re-profiling a stainless barrel affect accuracy? any other reasons why it isn’t a good idea?
I do not see any negative having the dimpling done on a SS, CMV or CM barrel. If it were a HFB I would be concerned about stress from the forging process being releived and accuracy being affected. My comment is made based on my 20 years as a profesional Blacksmith. However I am not a firearms barrel Mfg expert. I can only say what I know based on my forging and machineing experiance.
having a barrel recontoured will almost certainly affect its accuracy. however, for some barrels, and in some cases, that may not necessarily be a bad thing.
If you’re happy with how it shoots, I’d leave it alone…
You wont loose much weight by getting it dimpled.
Noveske knows their barrels best. I’d call and ask them how to lose some weight without adversely affecting the barrel. They may also have good advice on vendors, too.
Maybe having it cut to 14.5’’ and a permanently attached FH would be another option. Or sell it and buy exactly what you want.
thanks for the input guys.
ANYTHING you do to a barrel is going to change it’s harmonics. Whether the change is for good or ill is very difficult to predict, but know that you’re rolling the dice to some degree no matter what you do. That said, a dimpling/fluting job would likely have a minimal effect. Shortening the barrel is potentially more risky because it requires re-crowning, but if re-crowned well may very likely yield positive results (as shorter barrels are stiffer and therefore more consistent from shot to shot).
It should go without saying that any barrel modification will likely also affect point of impact, so re-zeroing is a must.