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Its as much A Sales Gimmick as anything. The only advantage(if it is one)is weight reduction. If you notice most of the accurate factory barrels are not fluted. If it were an advantage all of the companies would go fluted. Common SENSE tells me if you have A certain size barrel and you remove strips of metal from it how could anyone think it strengthens it. We're not talking I-Beams here.