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contours between rem varmint and amu/m40

ker2222

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What are contours between rem varmint and the really heavy amu/m40?
 
Re: contours between rem varmint and amu/m40

Bbl contours are different between bbl makers. Go to any custom bbl maker website and they will list the contours with the dimensions. krw
 
Re: contours between rem varmint and amu/m40

Also, my google-fu turned up a barrel weight calculator that I thought was pretty damned nifty!

http://www.border-barrels.com/barrel_weight_S2.htm

By the way, if you are using a target taper, set the initial barrel (B) to a hundreth over the intended width. THen use a small (E) and the actual barrel width for (F).

SO for instance. A rock creek AMU to be finished at 18 inches.

A) 18
B) 1.26
C) 1.060421 (remember that the diameter at the muzzle on an 18 inch cut has to be calculated, because the .900 diameter is on the barrel blank at 29 inches!)
D) 5
E) 0.01
F) 1.25

Results in a guess of about 5 and a half pounds for this "short" AMU barrel.