Quick question. I have a Rem 700 Stainless 5R in 300 WM. If I did a basic, straight-lined flute job, roughly how much (or how little) weight would I lose from the rifle?

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Depends on how deep the fluting goes. You will generally shed about half a pound with fluting. It will also change up the barrel harmonics, and change up any load you have worked up. From talking to Frank Green at Bartlein barrels, he does not like doing fluting. Bartlein makes very light fluting grooves compared to others. He explained to me that most of the time, fluting removes enough metal to cause stress in the metal and it flexes, which causes the barrel to warp or bend slightly. He HIGHLY recommended any fluting be done by the barrel mfg so they can air gauge the barrel after the fluting to see if there was any change in the straightness of the bore. The deeper the flutes, the more stress potentially seen.