Barrel weight savings

[26Reload]

Interesting!!!

I would expect a POI change as taking 4" off the barrel will change it's harmonics.

Back to load development!
On the plus side, you should probably only have to find the powder charge the barrel likes.
Seating depth should stay the same.

Keep us posted!!

I had 4" cut off my cf sendero 6.5
CBTO still shoots best groups at 100yds..
But opens up a bit more than usual at 400yds....still trying to fine tune the powder.....
at 26" was around 2970fps....
at 22" chrono says 2870...but it says that with my 23" barrel too..which was shooting 2950fps with last years loads...

 

[Rich Coyle]

Did your accuracy or "preferred load" need to be changed after the fluting/weight loss?
Did the node change?
Thanks

The barrel was fluted prior to chambering. The idea, at the time was minimize weight. That's why I went with Swarovski z5 5-25X52 when I already had a perfectly good Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50.