A good twisted, fluted 18-20" .223 barrel?

[josie6637]

Gents,
I am building a rifle for my 70 year old father, I am looking for a "twisted fluted" heavy or medium contour SS barrel. Id like to spend no more than 300.00$ on the barrel.
He has commented on how he likes the look of the fluted twisting barrels, I know there is much debate on why this is done.
Has anyone shot any of these? I just dont want to end up w/ a turd.

Any suggestions on barrel makers that do this would be helpful,

Thank you

 

[RTH1800]

Barrels are fine, not going to happen for 300. Good barrel is 300-350. Spiral fluting is about the same iirc. Fitting chambering etc is again about 3-500. Better to go with a factory Rem varmint. Straight flutes. Good shooters. Budget builds=poor shooters more often than not. I suggest go factory or build it right.

 

[chakup]

Barrels are fine, not going to happen for 300. Good barrel is 300-350. Spiral fluting is about the same iirc. Fitting chambering etc is again about 3-500. Better to go with a factory Rem varmint. Straight flutes. Good shooters. Budget builds=poor shooters more often than not. I suggest go factory or build it right.

This being semi auto forum- half those charges won't be there I'm guessing.
I can't remember what shops offer twisted fluting factory but they're out there. I'm guessing though the $300 budget will only be hit with a no-name barrel. I'd plan closer $400.

 

[RTH1800]

My mistake, sorry.
The getting a high quality fluted barrel will still be over 2x the original budget.

 

[BackCountry0311]

Check out Pro Precision Rifles. I just sent my rem700 bolt to Paul last week to get a bolt knob and fluting done. His website has ar-15 barrel fluting (if thats what youre looking for) for $195 and up

 

[josie6637]

helical flutes, yep that is the look I am going for, thanks.
I might have to up the budget by the looks of it. thanks boys