I'm hoping to pick up a 3" 686+ this year and have my eye on the Talo unfluted model. Given normal range use and carry, is there any real obvious disadvantage mechanically, or do they function the same as the standard fluted modes?
Laura
Laura
This!Unfluted means more rotating mass. If you're shooting fast in DA, that's more mass to stop, which just adds a little bit to the cylinder stop and notch peening
It has been proven on multiple ICORE guns. It puts a lot of stress on the bolt and preens the the notches.Whether it can be proved it adds to bolt & notch preening in rapid DA fire or not?
I don't know.
But more rotating mass is more rotating mass when it has to be stopped very very suddenly each shot
I was on the range with my Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt, and had just reloaded for another five shot string. I was cradling the gun in my left hand and began to raise it to firing position, cocking the hammer as I raised the gun. Suddenly felt a sharp pain in the heel of my left hand.
Yep, pinched some skin in the flute against the top strap as the cylinder rotated.
I use the flutes to index the cylinder with my fingers during reloads, so I strongly suspect a disadvantage to me would also be slower reloads.
Unfluted means more rotating mass. If you're shooting fast in DA, that's more mass to stop, which just adds a little bit to the cylinder stop and notch peening
Ruger didn`t put the warning on their guns because they wanted too.I was always amazed that Ruger didn't offer only unfluted cylinders and rollstamp the entire owner's manual and the names and email addresses of their entire legal staff on the cylinder.
Try reloading in the dark or without lookingI don't compete or anything, but I notice no difference in my reload time between the two
and askednormal range use and carry
...so that was the question we're addressingis there any real obvious disadvantage mechanically