Hello: Took the long range shooting class in Elkton last week and it was great. Suppressed from here on out and got a 30P-1 on order. Building a 260 Remington and was wondering on the following: 1. What type of barrel contour? 2. What barrel length you prefer for your match rifle? 3. What you think about fluting? Thanks
We typically prefer a "Medium Palma" contour in a 26" (non-fluted). Fluting done right doesn't have an effect on accuracy, but I would personally rather just have a little lighter barrel without flutes because it's cheaper. I think we've all had or have barrels of both types.
This is a medium Palma contour Although some of them ramp down to the slow taper faster in front of the action than this one.
LV is plenty heavy enough. We've found that barrel quality and the quality of the work cutting the chamber and fitting it to the rifle has more effect on accuracy than the barrel contour. The LV should be closer to the Medium Palma that we use.