Which smith to chamber a barrel in 6 PRC?

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Which calculator did you use? I did one and it said 12 lbs recoil
 
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Had Manzella Precision do mine, he used an Ace blank, turned out awesome with cerekote, 20” length. But it’s a #3 contour and ended up heavier than I thought, bumped my rifle weight up almost an lb…anyone have an idea what kind of weight fluting could cut out? I see why people are going taper less on steel!

I’d consider just having it recontoured to your desired weight.
 
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Now I’m in a quandary between a CF or fluted stainless steel. I love the looks of Proof CF barrels, as I currently own two, and have had a total of three. Kinda thinking Proof CF, or an Ace stainless fluted. What say you? I realize CF doesn’t do anything but look cool.
 

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Manzella just added some freebore to two Tikka 243 barrels for me - I dropped them off with dummy rounds on Sunday evening and had them back Thursday afternoon.
 
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