GUNSMITHING SERVICES: Barrel Fluting

  Notes regarding barrel fluting: We always REMOVE the barrel from the receiver/action as a standard practice for our barrel fluting services. *IF your barreled action uses a tombstone-type recoil lug that is NOT integral to the receiver, include the stock when sending us your parts.    *This is CRITICAL if your recoil lug and/or barreled action has been bedded. Barrel fluting is a machining process highly dependent on well-executed work holding.   We have a well-vetted process for ensuring a visually clean appearance in our finished work.   Please note that IF your barrel is coated, blued, blasted, or "finished" in any way on the outside, it WILL need to be refinished. There is no way to avoid this. LRI will not accept or be subject to any liability for this service.  Please consider this before retaining us for the service.   Barrel fluting is largely cosmetic.  Because of this, we ask for some artistic freedom regarding the flute count and depth.  Sometimes it's beneficial to al